Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1876 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

*tm« of extraordinary excitement on the y L «we«t w f . l* iur ism piUfs of « oecreo granting complete . Munxue characterized those favoring tk» mottoa m Ini of the Commune,” «M Of the CnM*M owe some Indulgence •odMAMMMDOI Of the Commune.” M. Casmwm Iminsffiataly sent a challenge to M. At TueU, recently, on attempt woe mode to awaeataete ike Italia* Oenoul. The wouldba amaaeia teaa alaln by the Consul’s drogttnen. The «stives were greatly excited at and troopa were colled out to koU the mob In check and protect the OtWlaliß. . The Invitation of the American Team to MbOOt'htthe Centennial for the championship Of the wofid, has been accepted by the Irish The MU conferring the title of Empress of India open Queen Victoria passed the British Housed* Commons on the 83d—309 to 184. Paul Dahlgreen, United States ConsulOeneeal to Italy, died at Rome on the 2Sd. He was- a son of the late Rear Admiral Dahlgtwen. _ \

■lt "Woe stated in Washington on the 90th that the Treasury Department would reoetve daring the week, from San Francisco, feurteen tone of silver coin to prepare for the •BbwtUtlon of silver. This will amount to 9M0,000. The amount of silver iD the vaults «f »he Treasury was less than $30,000. Orders ware received at the Department on that day fractional currency. The amount of fractional currency still in the vauTfewas* 99,000,000, though none had been printed aiuce the . middle of last month. Sinsa that time the requisitions upon the Treasury from banks and other offices for fractional currency bad amounted to 93,000,000. A fire in Charleston, 8.C., on the 30th, defrayed all the buildings on both sides of Hlng street from Columbus to Line street!,, and extended up toe King street road for three-quarters of a mile, the houses, fences -and farm buildings along the road being burned. Hundreds of persons were rendered homeless by toe fire, which inflicted a pecuniary loss of over $300,000. Insurance $85,-T<he-National Council of the Order of Sovereigns of Industry met at Cleveland, on the iSHat, eleven States being represented. The j -official reports show the order to be in a flourishing condition. An explosion of 400 pounds of “Jupiter" •powder occurred in a powder mill in Washingtanville, In the northern section of New: Turk city,- on the 23d, and four men were 1 literally blown to pieces, hardly enough of their remains being collected on which to hold an Inquest Six or seven other persons were severely injured. The mill was blown to pieces, and buildings in Its immediate ' vicinity were considerably shattered. The . sound of the explosion was heard for milee around. The explosion is thought to have resulted from too great a friction in rubbing together solid and fluid components. >lt is reported from Fort Laramie that eevemt persons m route for the Black Hills wandered off during recent severe storms, got dost and perished. ’ Newa-Waa brought to Fort Laramie, Wy. *l., on toe ujght of the 21et, by a parQ from ■ Custer City, of a fight between miners and .Indians on Dead wood Creek, sixty miles northjof Custer. The miners attacked the Indians and tolled thirteen. One white man was killed. The Indians had been running off stack. More trouble was expected.

j Surly on toe morning of the 23d a boiler in the Uolon Jfeciflc Company’s rolling-mill at Laramie City, Wy. T., exploded with terrible iforce, completely wrecking toe south half of; toeunill and instantly killing four men and! seriously wounding ten others, one of toe ■wounded dying soon after toe accident. The toiler yeas Carried through the stone wall of dhemm and deposited on the prairie a quarter of smile distant Mrs. Catherine Lehert, of Chicago, used keno Mae oil to build a fire, on toe 23d, and ■tea fatally burned. , At*Bait Lake, Utah, John Wigging has fcam-aeatenced to be shot June 28, for the ■nuder.ot John Kramer, the prisoner who ysse given toe option, choslng this mode of death in preference to hanging or' decapitaA. bookkeeper named Hedden, of the Marten Bank, of New York city, has absconded, and-an examination of his books shows that teebb&nk, has been defrauded of $38,000. It appears that whenever Henry Bode, a customer of toe bank, sent his book for deposit, Hedden would raise toe amount, say, from ssoo to .$1,500. Bode hae been arrested, charged with being In collusion .with Heddeu AiFbttadelphia dispatch of the 34th says a teggejuimher of honnterfdk fives on toe Merehßntfs.'Natiosal JBajok of New Bedford, Maes., are in. circulation to that cHy-

Sn.tbeiUaited States Senate, in executive aaaaion.on t}»e. 21st, the j-Forefen Relations Committee reported back the ncminatlon of HtohanllP. Dang, Jr„ to be Mirister to Bnffamtt. with the recommendation that it be net ftealdept Grant on the-. 22d dominated John A. Bentley i pf Wisconsin, ,£> be Commisaktaer of rPswsions, vice McGiU, resigned on neaennt of. inadequate salary. Caleb*. Marsh was in Washing** on the 23d, and,testified farther before the .investigating nammittee concerning the Celknap affair, his foamef testimony by saying that the pfriated account of it was correct. He thinks his first payment sris to Mrs. ln<|riia|i. one-half the second to the Aeeretaty himself; had made-eome payments to him fa person,. supposed Belknap knew where the rnoot y came from without any conaersaUon on the subject In,bl* testimony befona the sab- judiciary Committee on the *O4, Mr. Mar*,stated that he had, is 1878, conversed with Ba;retary-A f - War Belknap concerning an article publish* traderships at Port Bill, and the payment by Bnhs to Marsh otgt&OOO for the place, etc. Witness Mid he went to Cfeudatbectuse he apprehended, when tie read the debate Jn the House, on the morning of the day he ta?t for Mew York, that he might b« indicted for criminal offense. Testimony was giyan by other witnesses before the committee relative iMMCMtnenU of poat-trader* for polities 1

DUriMMJ Announcement was nude at Philadelphia on th«£3d that Bayard Taylor is to he the GflDtAUttli! DOfll The 4*tfc o/ ChleWdstlee JTicholson, of TennOMop, was announced by telegraph on the «9d. jlto wu formerly s United States SpVSL*"” * “* Fomtal judgp«fut in the case of Lieut. Gov.' Davis, of MfosisatpH, was ptonounced on Mia 83d, befog removal from office and disqualification for aver again bolding any «m$ Pf km?r ifMi M Upon re-

quest of the House the Senate discontinued proceeding* against ex-Superintendeut of Hi—III from nil toepbwtffi In NeW liampshtf* but two gWe Cheney (Hap.) s' plurality over Maief<Dsm.)der Governor, of 8,898, and a majority of 8,273. In the Legislature the Republicans will have a majority of thirty, oar on Joint ballot. In the South Carolina State Senate, on'the 21st, Montgomery Moses, Judge Of toe Seventh Circuit, waa found guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, and formally dismissed. The New York Republican Btate Convention met at Syracuse on the 23d, and selected to the NfittOTf 1 Convention. Resolutions were adopted commendatory of the present National Administration, advocating retrenchment and reform, and the unsparing pursuit, exposure awd punishment of public frauds and official dishonesty; favoring sound currency of coin, or paper convertible Into cola; and presentlngto the National Convention the name of Roecoe Conkllug as the choice of the New York Republicans for President of the United States.

The Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania was held at Lancaster on the 23d. Delegates to the National ■Convention were elected, and a platform was adopted declaring that recent exposurea of fraud and corruption call for a t thorough and searching investigation into the conduct and condition of every branch of the public service; favoring a general amnesty; declaring that it Is impossible for the Government to comply with the law tor the" resumption of specie payment on the Ist of January, 1879, and that gold and silver are the only true basis for the currency of the RepubUc, and that Congress should take suck steps fortoe resumption of specie payments as wUI most-surely and speedily reach that result without destroying the business interests of the people. The Wisconsin State Prohibition Convention met at Oshkosh, on the 21st, and appointed delegates to the National Convention . tQ-hs.hrid.at Clevelandof Providence, has been placed on the Rhode Island Democratic ticket for Governor, in place of Gen. Cooke, who declined the nomination. The Rhode Island Republican State Convention met at Providence on the 28d, and renominated the present State officers, headed by "Henry” L. Epplt rdr *GoveraorTt-DeTe gates to the Republican National Convention at Cincinnati were also selected. The Governor of California has approved a bill parsed by the Legislature, providing for the punishment of wife-beaters by public whipping.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on too 20th, w amend, jnent was agreed to to the House but to supply the deficiency for feeding the Sioux Indians, such amendment aubetltntlngslso,ooo In place ot SIOO,OOO, for such pnrpoße. The hill to provide for counting the votes for -President and VicePresident was taken up, and amendments were offered and debated. A Committee of Conference on the Senate amendments to the Military bill was ordered and appointed.... Among the .bills introduced in the House sere several relating to the currency question. A motion to suspend the rules and pass-the bill for the repeal of the previsions of the Resumption act which authorise the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem and cancel United States notes, and to sell United States bonds for that purpose, was made and rejected—lo 9to 108, not two-thirds in the affirmative. Several petitions were introduced in toe Senate on the 21st, among them from Good Temolars and other temperance' organizations, praying for the passage of a Prohibitory Liquor law in the District of Columbia and the Territories, and also for a law prohibiting the use of liquors among the officials of the civil, military and naval service. A Conference Committee on the Military Academy bill was appointed. The bill to provide for the countingtof the vote for President and Vice-President was further considered.... Among the bills reported in the Honse was one from the Judiciary Committee making It a misdemeanor for any employe of the Government to solicit or distribute funds for election purposes, or to canvass in ■ State, County or District elections. An amendment was offered by Mr. Blaine to include Senators and Representatives in the bill, which being objected to a motion was made and carried—toil to 54—to reconsider the vote .by which the main question had been ordered, and Mr. Blaine's amendment was then offered, as were also several other amendments. A resolution was adopted authorizing Messrs. New, Glover and Smith, of . the Real-estate Pool Committee, to appear before the Grand Jury of the Districtand testify under a summons which had been served upon them. The Senate, on toe 22d, resumed consideration of the bill providing for the counting of votes for President and Vice-President, and -several proposed amendments were rejected.... .In the House, the Senate amendments to the bill to supply the deficiency in the appropriation for certain Indian tribes werenon-concnrred in. The i bill reported irom the Judiciary Committee prohibiting contributions to election funds by Government officers and employes was taken up, amended and passed—yeas, 173; mays, 8. The bill as passed provides that no officer or employe of the Government shall solicit er receive from or give to any other employe or officer, or other person, directly or indirectly, any money or ather valuable thing for political purposes, under penalty of being dismissed from service and being deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and, on conviction, or being lined not less than SSOO nor more than 8,000, and imprisoned one year or less; it is also made a misdemeanor to. nsc force, duress, menace, violence or bribery to influence the election of President, Vice-President, Senator or member of Congress; United States District Coarts are given jnhsdicVien of the offenses created by this act. A bill was introduced in the-Senate, on to prohibit the transportation oi liquid nitro-glycerine, and to regulate the transportation of dynamite. The bill to regulate the coanting of votes for President and Vice-President was amended in its phraseology without materially aliasing Its meaning Bills were passed in the House—prohibiting the catting of timber on any Indian reservation or lands to .which an Indian title or the right of occupancy has not been extinguished; to -reduce the extent of the military reservation at .Fort Laramie, Wy. T., to an area of fifty-four square miles; repealing the law forbidding the appointment to say position in the army of any person who servedtiß any capacity in the military, naval or civil service of the Confederate States ,<n the late rebellion. A bill was introduced for the relief of settlers on public lands within railroad limits. The Legislative* Judicial and Executive Appro-priation-bill was considered in Committee of the Whole. The donate, on toe 24th, insisted. upon its amendments to the, bill on the Siomxilndian deficiencies, and a Conference Committee.was appointed. The- fwMbmtv bill was amended and passed. Mr. Morten's bill providing the manner for counting the Presidential vote was passed—32vto 85—and a motion waa made to reconsider. Adjourned to the 27th. ..A hill was passed in the House'to supply a deficiency of $61,(100 for -the manufacture of rostal cards for the year coding June 30,1878. The Legiafisiive, Rexecative*na Judicial Appropriation bill .was considered in Committee of the Whole, .and amendments were disposed of. Adjourned to the 27th.