Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1876 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

x^^pSSfSt^^i i4tii 15 ail ' In-the .British House of Commons, <on the M|C»>dt abill tuUtag Queen Victoria to take the MtaattMl dt •» Ennress of India ” OeHclal announcement era* made at Madrid on the Ifltb, that the Cnrtlste bad been entirely routed In the engagement of the 13th, at Xlßueta. Che Spent eh. Cortes was opened by Ct» Alphoaee, en the 15th, with a speech from the throne, In which be expressed himself hopefully tn regard to the flifficulties at preeent surrounding Spain. It San Sebastian dispatch of the 16th says the Cmiista were concentrating at Tobaso

lor a Aqal it liberal member of the -Bcttioh House of Commons, named Hurst, elected last December, has been unseated, for sending letters to v<fi«ri Offering to-pay tbstr railway expenses to the polling places. Julge 'Qualn decided that this Whs bribery, and declared the election void. the steamer Franconia ran into the steamer Btrath Clyde, -oar Dover, {England, on the afternoon otthe 17th. The boiler of thelatter weasel«xptnded, and she sank immediately. Fifty-two o#'-bur passengers and crew were drowsed. The Lodßou afternoon papers of the lVth say that Ben. Bchenclt, the United States Minister, had tendered -his resignation, and that it had bean ascepted. He Intended to remain In iLouflon lew the present, to answer *eny change that might be brought against him In regard to the aflsirs of the Emma Ww, - ~-* x ——-4A London telegram of the 17th says that information had lust been received Of the capture of three 'Of the murderers of Mr. Birch, the English resident at PerOk. A Madrid dispatch of the 18th states that Sing Alphonso had left for .Vergara tp assume personal command of the army. A Berlin legal journal of the 18th, announces that the State tribunal had inflicted •Codht Von Arnhn for treason, and proposed to seize and sagnestrate his estate. The announcement of this ebarge created intense -excitement in tbs city. A Vienna telegram of the 18th cays the iDanube had ovehlown its banka and inundated tbs oottying suburbs of that city. In introducing his bill in the Senate on the 14th for the protection of agriculture against injurious insects, Mr. Ingalls stated that during tike last year the actual lose from the Tanges of the locusts, chinch bugs, army and cotton worms, and Hesslan flies exceeded -$300,000,090.-and from the locusts Sflone the amount exceeded $80,000,000. In seven counties us Minnesota nearly 00,000 bushels of locusts wese-fleelroyrd, at a coat of $60,000Me bePewed the subject was worthy the attention of Osugnas. Tbs Adwisorv Council of Plymouth-Church was opened on the afternoon of the 15th, -with delegates from about 140 churches present, lit. Meecher greeted til the delegateson their Arrival, and opened the proceedings by an address, in which be stated that this was the largest council ever held in America to-discuss .the affairs of any one church. Dr. JUeon was selected .as -First Moderator, tbs Hon. Nelson Dingtoy, of Xoutevlito, Me., (Second Moderator, and Gen. Bates, Of MUnois, Third Moderator. Thelatter submitting the questions of discipline to be passed upon was then read. Mr. Beecher read She statement of Plymouth Church,and made remarks defending himself and the coarse of the church in dropping Mrs. Moulton’s name. A resolution was adopted for the appointment of six committees, each to consider one of the six Questions to he die-

cided. Chief Justice Ryan, ol the Wisconsin Supreme Court, rendered a decision, on the 15th, .denying the application of Miss-Caod-«ll,<af Janesville, te practice in that-court. He holds that there is no Wisconsin statute authorising the adniaaion of females to legal practice Im the Mate courts, from which-the common Um Always excluded them. President Oraat signed the Centennial Appropriation fell! an the 10th. For this purpose, he meed a pen made from a yuitl plucked from the wing of an American eagle. The Associated Tress vent at Omaha sajf In a diapaheh of the 17Gh, that he had most competent and jeliahle official authority ior Abe statement that the ffioux, Cheyenne and Arrsjishoe Indians had been and were yet making the moot axtenabw preparations posnible for ah outbreak in a very few weeks, they had keen pnochaaiag large quantities of sianuinMnn and arsai wherever they could get them, going no far south ae the Indian Territory for that purpose. It had been known far seam time that the best 0 ghting meo had deserted the agencies and were the Mig Hem, Powder River and 'lWttgae River noun tries, concentrating and arresting forces tor this war. Sioux City and Council BluCs (Iowa) <Uepakhes of the Utfcntate that the rush for the Black Hills aontinuad, misers arriving at tboa« poinla daily, m route for the Hills. A Manchester <K. fit.) dispatch ot the 18th annuuneet the falinre at Addleshow A War* burton, manufacturing chemists, with liabiiities estimated at $980,000. Antonio Catalano, Domlnfeo Dsmiaa and Bsstiaso Lombardo, three Italians,- were hung in; it Louis, on the ifth. tor the murder of Palermo, a countryman, in .March

pnnsnvsiTwfr Chicago Aldermen—ex Gaugers Cultorton tod Hlldreth-have been indicted tor eomplieity in whllky frauds, and have given bonds for their appearance fur trial. It was Aiso MpttHdl Off the 11th that several indietottoun had been found at Vmo Orisons <malum residents of that city, and Com’r, Shannon, H, 8. DenySfy ** with conspiracy to defraud the Government through the Court of case*’. Shannon and {tone* give ball In s6'ooo. st»* ftttwral of the late Bcverdy Johnson HHlPn' ou the afternoon of

lbs 18th, and was largely attended. Many (Hands of Um deceased ware present from WaaHtoglon, JtKlvdflng Judge* o' *»* Supreme Court,lendkbrs anl Kenresadalima. Tbs hJTt. 4.J Fuller, a former CangresMufls from Maine. anißi ilijlfl AudHorof tbeOiXcd Stitm Treusurv uaf* lliidianin, died to Virginia ou the 14tb. In the Advisory Council cf Plymouth Church on the 18th (the third day of the session} a resolution Inviting Bra Stores and Buddington to come before the council and' aid them with aey focts which -might be within (heir knowledge ae touching the questions before the council, and a resolution inviting Mr. Bowen ,te appear before the council otf the uvauiognf that day, were adopted. Mr. Beecher, in an impassioned speech, challenged any man on earth or angel In Heaven who had anything to aay to bis (BoechertO detriment, to say It; and he added: "I go beyond that, and, in the name of our common Redeemer, and before Him who shall judge you and me, I challenge the truth from God Himself.” At the evening session Mr. Bowen was questioned as to hla course in conneotion with the past troubles of Plymouth Church, especially regarding hie non-appearance before the Investigating Committee appointed to inquire into the Beecher scandal; among other replies Mr. Bowen stated that the reason he did not appear before such committee was because, although he was aware a general invitation had been extended to all who knew aught concerning the matter at issue, he did not know that any time had been fixed. A long examination waa gone through with in relation to the tri-partite-agreement Announcement was made at the-afternoon session that Messrs. Stores and Budding-ton had been waited upon, and both had said they had nothing to communicate to the council. Miss Charlotte Cushman, the celebrated American actress, died at the Parker House in Boston, on the 18th, aged fifty-nine years and seven months. She had been afflicted with a cancer for several years. 4 Washington telegram of the' 18th says Minister Schenck'a resignation had been placed in the hands of the President, but that the latter might not accept it until the Committee on Foreign Affairs have examined intottli IttbjeST M transactions, or until some desirable person to whom it will be offered shall accept the appointment.

POLITICAL. The Wisconsin dssembly has passed the Vance bill, which repeals the strongest features of the celebrated Potter Railroad law. The Investigating Committee of the Louisiana House of Representatives made a report on the 14th, in which they recommenced the impeachment of Gov. Kellogg and othef State officers, for violations of the law by feloniously appropriating public funds, u. The Minnesota Republican State Conven - lion, to appoint delegates to the National Convention, is to be held on the 24th of May. Returns received at Galveston, on the 16th, from yie Texas State election indicated the success of the entire Democratic State ticket. The,lllinois Independent State Convention was held at Decatur on the 16th, and a fall State ticket was nominated, as follows: For Governor, Louis Stewart, of Kendall County; Lieutenant-Governor, J. H. Pickerel!, of Macon; Secretary of State, Dr. M. M. Hooton, of Marion; State Auditor, John Hise, of Chicago; State Treasurer, Henry T. Aspern, of Champaign; Attorney-General, W.B. Coy, of McLean. Delegates to the National Convention were also chosen. The platform adopted demands the repeal of the SpecieResnmptioa and National Bank acts, and the substitution of legal-tender paper money for the National Bank circulation; the perfecting of a monetary system based upon the faith and resources of the nation, and adapted to the demands of legitimate business, which money shall be a legal-tender in payment of all debts, public and private, duties on imports included, except that portion of the interest and principal of the present public debt that is, by the express terms of the jaw creating it, made payable in metallic money, this money to be interchangeable at the option of the holders, with registered Government bonds bearing a rate «f interest not exceeding 3.05 per cent, per annum. The Independent Greenback State Convention of Indiana met at Indianapolis on the 16th, and' nominated the following ticket: For Governor, Franklin Landers, present member of Congress from the Indianapolis District; Lieutenant-Governor, Anson Wolcott, oT White County; Secretary of Btate, Leroy Templeton, of Benton; State Auditor, Morris N. Bundy, of Henry; State Treasurer, John Q. A. Newson, of Bartholomew.; At-torney-General, W. A Upton, of Fountain; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Rev. R. 8. Blount, of Green; Reporter of Supreme Court, Charles A. Knight, of Clay, Judges of Supreme Court, William F. Barnett, of Vanderbnrg; John B. Haines, of Delaware; H. C. Newcomb, of Marion; Judge Lindsay, of Howard. The resolutions demand the immediate and unconditional repeal of the Specie Resumption act, and are also in other respects, on the financial question, similar in substance to those adopted by the Illinois State Convention at Decatur.

CONWEBBIONUL A A bill was introduced in the Hecate on the 14th, by Mi. Ingalls, for the protection of agriculture against injurious i a sects. The bill to amend certain provisions of the revised statutes of the United states relating to the transportation of animals was debated and passed—«Q to 84. The qnestion of the admission of Mr. Pinchback was taken up, and Mr. Morton replied to the arguments of Mr. Thurman in opposition to the cl.ims of the applicant.... Among the bills introduced in the House were the following- In relation to bounties to nine months' volnnteers; .to provide fur the payment of United States notes, and to strengthen public credit; to make hanking ftee and to repeal the Besumption act; far a repeal of parts of the Besumption act, and fur the purpose of preparing a way for the resumption of apecie payment: for the preservattion of forests on the public domain adjacent to the sources of navigable rivers and other streams. Several resolutions of inqairy wene adopted. Mr. Hale moved to snap nd the ■ rales and adopt a resolution declaring that prompt measures should be taken by such legislation as is needed to render effective the policy of resumption of specie payments by placing in ■toe hands of the Secretary of the Treasury ail. accessary powers to carry ont said object, which motion was lost—yeas 86, pays 187. It was ordered that Saturday, the 18th, should be set apart for debate only. In Abe Hecate, on the 15th, the Committee on Territories reported favorably on the bill to enable tpe people of New Mexico to forma oenstltutiom for State government, and for their admission into the Union as a State. The) Pension Appropriation bill was taken np and amended by consolidating the amount appropriated {(88.*00,0000 into one sum, instead of having it divided into classes as passed by the House; other amendments of minor importance were adapted, and the bill as amended was passed. The bill to repeal tire law ma.lng certain restrictions in the sale of public lands in Mahamii Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida, was amended and passeo.. .'. A resolution was offered in the House and referred, to the effect that the act of March 18, |B#9, to streagikeo tbe public credit, and providing for the payment in coin of the interest ou the 6--0 bonds, whs virtually a violation of the various acts under which these bonds » ere issued, and that such act was passed without consideration, and was unjust, unequal and oppr asive, inuring to the benefit of boodholdeni and capitalists and

to the ) ositive dotriment of the people; and that therefore such act. of March M, 18 .9, tie repealed. A resolution was adopted calling for Information as to the actual amount of gold owned by the Government and available for the rcsuinpuou of specie payment, alter deducting the amount of gold certificates outstanding, accrued interest on Government bonds, and bonds railed Tor the sinking fund. The Fortification Appropriation bill (MlB.ObO) was passed. A motion in the Senate, on the 10th, to take ap Ute Pinchbeck case was opposed bv. Mr. Morton on the ground that several Senators were adeem, and h# said be desired to have a full Senate when the vote was Hken; the motion was

’art vest SO, nays U....Ame*f the Mila Inlro-<h»»-ed In the House were the followtug: Fixing the mUa of eotnpenesllon of retimed companies for the treasportation of UuUM Huts* malls; aotborulrg the Clerk of the House to pay -no month'! pay to all the dtecharsed employe! of tbs Houae of RopreientaUvaa. {tills Were paasert -■ *i - ndlhg the time for tfihig clatnm for additional bounties until July, MM; toamertfl the set of March •. 1878, for ihe admission of Colorado as a State, br providtngtbat atlqsallAsd voters under the laws of Ihe Territory -hall be ontltled to rote on the question of the ratlflcatlon or rejection of a provision Hffprdp'riatlnir mouo to pay t lie rxUnutcs, of • CsuxtltuUonal OoiivenUorthThe bill to rOoiganMe me Jadtctanr waa taken np and aeveral amendment!) were offtrefl.

The Senate Committee ou Education and Labor made a unanimoua report, on the 17th, in favor of Ur Senate UU to eatobllsh ~u educational fund and apply aportlon of the proceedsof the publie lands to public education, and to provide for a more complete endowment and support of the National Col lege a for the advancement of scientific and Industrial education. Bill* were Introduced—to reduce the Interest on the public debt; to provide for s life aud elastic currency, for the speedy appreciation of the value of Treasury notes'aria National Bank notes to -that of cehi, and to esard against panic and inflation of bank credits. The report of the Conference Committee on the disagreeing votes of the two honscs on the Joint resolution to pay interest on the 8.88 District of Oolumtfta bonds, was considered and recommitted. Adjourned to the 21 5t.... Speaker Kerr being absent from the House ou leave of absence. Mr. Cox waa chosen Speaker pro tem. The bill for the reorganization of the Judiciary waa-considered Senate not in session on the 18th... .A number of committee reporta of a private nature were made and acted on in the House. Resolutions wore offered, objected to and laid overcalling on the President for information as to whether any Executive • fflclal acts or duties had been performed since March 1, 1888. at a distance from the seat of Government, the particulars thereof, antL whether any public necessity existed therefor; calling on the Secretary of War .for information at to whether, since the 20th of March, 1868, any army officers bad aocepted and heid any appointment in tho Diplomatic or Consular service, and wore still borne on the army list. A resolution was adopted declaring the 22d of the present month (Washington'abirthday) a National holiday. The bill to reorganize the Judiciary was further considered, and several proposed amendments were dieS used of. Adjourned, the session on the 19th to a for general debate only. ~