Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1876 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Wm In Hyde Tw% London, to demand the ™ A desperate fight occurred !n the street* ot lAmcrict, Ireland, on the 17th, between the Natiunalkfa and Home Rulers, which Woaquelled by the police with treat difficulty. Oer WO persons were wounded, forty seriousIf *11(1 nil • According to a Rome (Italy) telegram ol the ITth negotiations between Spain and the Vatican had been suspended. Spain had announced that it would adhere to the concordatef 1851, except the clause decreeing rftlUflouA unity, and. the Vatican demanded adhecanoe to the concordat in its entirety. Vienna dispatches of the 18th report bloody engagements near Trebinje, between ths Turks end the insurgents, both parties claiming to have been successful. The Irish Rille Team has concluded to ehoot with the American Team In August next. About the first of that month they The ehip Victory, from Shields, Eng., for San Francisco, sunk with ail on board, off the British coast a few days age. TwentyThe Parle Bourse was convulsed on the Mth by the intelligence that 7,000 Montenegrins had Joined the insurgents, and that Prince Milan had openly made war upon the Turkish troops. The attempt to revictual the garrison of Nicsics hid failed. The Haytien Consulate at New Fork received cable advices from Kingston on the 19th that the revolution in Hayti was triumphant Dominique, the late President, had fled. Vice-President Rameaux and Lerqueta, the General in command es the Government forces, had been shot Biron Cannel, who was exiled'from the country, was then in Port an Prince, and It was presumed would take charge of the 'Government According to a Vienna dispatch of the 20th, tee foreign ambassadors at Constantinople had remonstrated against bringing troops from Bagdad into Europe, on account of the prevalence of the plague la that city. From March 28 to April 1 there were 211 new cases of the disease, and 117 deaths In Hillab and Bagdad, and it had made its appearance on tee left bank of the Tigris. Information was received in London, on the 20th, that the natives at Delogoa Bay, in Southwestern Africa, had then against the British authorities, and fears were entertained for the safety of the missions there. Lord Lyttleton committed suicide on the Mh. A Ragusa dispatch of the filet says a second attempt to relieve and rewictual Nicsics, made on the preceding day, had signally failed, and the Turkish army was in full retreat, hotly pursued by the victorious insurgents, and'in.gTeat danger of-capture or dispersion. __._il._2L -

DOMESTIC. The President, on the 17th, signed the SiL ver-Cotn>blU, providing for tee issue of silver ■coin in place of fractional currency. ■Destructive floods have occurred in the valley ofthe Mississippi. The damage caused tn some localities exceeds that of any previousyear since 1851. •President Grant, on the 18th, vetoed the bill reducing the salary of the President to <25,0*) after the 4th of March, 1677. At Hannibal, Mo., on tee 17th, <the towboat Dictator was wrecked while attempting to pass through the draw of tee railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at that point, and sunk instantly. Tea lives were lost and .great damage was done to the bridge. The Buy levee brake in three planes on the same day, because of the high water, • and a lafge portion of the bottom lands on tee Illinois aide, opposite Hannibal, was flooded. Houses sod barns were .floated away. The entire population of the bottom fled to the bluffs, in <many<cases leaving everything behind them. Gver two ■ miles of the traok of the Quincy, Alton te BL Louis Railroad were inundated, and tee roadbed was carried aw ay in several places. The damage to property is immense. The United-States Treasury at Washington began paying out silver coin for fractional currency on the iWth. The first to avail themselves Of tee order were the Treasury employes, who formed in line at the cash room and presented fractional currency lor redemption. - A Boston dtypstch es the 20th states that' the Havings Bank had suspended, owing to a protracted run, but that it expected eventually-to pay in full. The Ballon Manufacturing Company and the firm of George Ballou A-Bon, of Woonsocket, R. 1., made an aasignmenUon the 20th. Liabilities exceed the aaaetaLy between fteOjOOO andflflOfrflfle. The Bub-Treasuaer in Chicago began tee, payment of Silver for fractienal currency en the 20th, and the stock of $85,000 on hand was exhausted on that day without satisfying tee full demand. A supply of 110,000 would be forwsaded-daily to-that city from the General Treasury, wfflch aanouut.it was thought would supply all demuad* after the first few days- ' A Fort Laramie, diqpsdch es the 20th reporte further Indian outrages on the route to the Black Hilla. Mr. and Mrs. Melz, of Laramie, City, were murdered by the,lndians In Red . Canon, about fifty mileslrom Custer City, on tee 10th. A man .by tthe name of Simpson was also killed, and .three others were wounded.

The Chicago Ater-fQcsan-obtheAOth pub- , lithe* telegrame itrom some two hundred pf glut* in IHioois, Indian*, Miehigao, Ohio Md Penneylva*>ia, .where the bulk of the wintot wheat i* grown, showing the condition of tb^ growing erapa.af winter wheat and fruit, ▲fwtrdlng to throe Aiapatahss Illinois promise* well. In a dew .count!** the wheat threatens |o prove a (aihtre, but by far the majority of the ctporte are eaconra«ing. Peaohe* were inj axed by the fold ayeil during March, but apples aad ,ncarly *ll varieties as small fruit look well ,w»d promise on -aUuu:W .yield. Mfohjltan and Pennsylvania report -excellent proapeeto for All kinds of .C*»p*. ;Jp some parte cd the latter State, peaohas apd early apple* haw suffered, but notseriona'y. Michigan, however, expects a' plentiful yield all round. In Indiana the winter and qprlng have proved unfavccahle forwtatenvibeat and peaches, but apples aud am*y foulto.wpeor to be thriving. Bqpcvte from QUo M« 40 the effect that wheat is bad. lyAyatroeS. dtepept in welLdntined bottom yield of all kinds .of fruit it expected. The burglar A’dktn, convicted of the mar AU ot fnnrirf tiL N«A< d Mew fork merchant, in August last, was Juaged in that city on th* Stet One negro, throe Ctodtaw Indians, and a white mx" were hanged for murder at Fort o«> the 15th, by the Or»nd Jury of the District 0! Columbia, ftp »liWd nwnpilcity in the safe burglary

conspiracy. Richard Harrington, hiram O. Whitely, Ichabod Nettleship, T. P. Bomervilto. Geo. E. Miles and Walter Brown were ThfijEmperw and fcmprass of Brazil arrived at Now Tork on the steamer Hevelius on (he 15th. Asaluto of 100 guns was fired by tee batteries in honor of their arrival. Secretary Fish and other distinguished gentlemen met the Emperor’s steamer on its arrival and received the royal party, who were tendered the hospitalities of the city. Secretary Fish made a brief address ofwetcomc: The Emperor of Brasil and his suite left New York on the evening of the 17th, for San Francisco. The Empress remained at New York. Henry C. Bowen has withdrawn from the Congregational Union.

POLITICAL. At the municipal election in Chicago on tee 18th, Thomas Hoyne, for Mayor, received 35,168 votes out of a total of a little over 50,000. Clinton Briggs (Dem.) was elected City Treasurer—majority over 5,000; R. 8. Tuthill (Rep.) was chosen City Attorney by nearly 6,000 majority; for City Clerk, Butr. (Rep.) has a majority of over 5,000, and Best (Rep.) is elected Clerk of Police Court by over 6,000 majority. A majority of the Aiderman chosen are Republicans. The Indiana State Democratic Convention met at Indianapolis on the 19th. The platform adopted contains resolutions calling for the withdrawal of the National Bank notes and the substitution of notes issued by the Government, and demanding the immediate repeal of the Specie Resumption act. Congressman J. D. Williams was nominated for Governor; Col. I. P. Gray, for Lieu-tenant-Governor; Judges of the Supreme Court—First District, 8. H. Buskirk; Second, A.G. Downey; Third, John Pettit; Fourth, James L. Worden; Secretary of State, John E. Neff; Auditor, E. Henderson; Treasurer, R. C. Shaw; Attorney-General, C. A. Buskirk; Superintendent of Public Instruction, - J. H. Smart; Clerk of Supreme Court, Gabriel Schmick; Reporter of Supreme Court, A. N. Martin. Delegates to the National Convention were chosen and instructed to vote as a unit A resolution was adopted declaring Gov. Hendricks to be the unanimous choice of the Convention for President of the United States. ■The Illinois State Democratic Convention to select delegates to tee National Democratic Convention lias been called to meet at Bpringfield on the 24th of June next. The Nebraska Democratic State Convention was held on the 19th, and delegates were chosen to the National Convention. They were uninstructed. Among the resolutions adopted was one demanding a return to ape. cie payment as soon as possible. The Territorial Republican Convention of Montana has instructed its delegates to the National Convention to support the nomination of Blaine for the Presidency. The Labor National Convention, recently held at Pittsburgh, Pa., adopted, among others, resolutions demanding a strong protective tariff; declaring in favor of the election of President of the United States by the direct vote of the people; demanding the strict enforcement of the Eight-Hour law, and the enactment by Congress of stringent usury Jaws; and urging upon the different State Legislatures to pass such apprentice laws as will insure oompetent workmen in every branch of industry. A New Haven dispatch of the 21st says the Connecticut delegation to the National Republican Convention favor the nomination of Postmaster-General Jewell, and will present his name to the Convention.

CONCKESSIONAL. Senate not in session on the 15th la the House, the Senate bill to provide for the administration of oaths in Impeachment trials was passed. Considerable debate ensued on a resolution reported from the .Judiciary Committee relative to the writ of habeas eorpue demanded by Kilbourne, the recusant witness, the resolution dire ting the Sergeant-at-Arms to make careful return to the writ, setting out the cause of the detention of the witness, and to still keep him in custody, and not produce bim before Judge or court without further order of the House. No vote was had on the resolution. The House Deficiency Appropriation bill was reported in the Senate, on the 17th, with amendments. Various petitions and memorials ■were presented. At haff past twelve o'clock the Senate resolved itself Into a High Court of Impeachment, and tbe House was notified of such action. Ex-Secretary Belknap soon after entered, accompanied by bis counsel. After the Impeachment Managers and Members of the House bad appeared, and tbe formal opening of the Court, Mr. Carpenter, for the defense, read and had filed a plea denying the Jurisdiction .of the Senate to try Mr. Belknap, as he was not an officer of the Government at the time the articles of mpeachment were found and presented to the Senate, and that he then was and has since been a privaie.ditizen. The cocrt then adjourned to the 19th, to give the Manages® time to prepare an answer to the plea.. -In the House a lengthy debate was had on the Kilbourne case, and a resolution was finally adopted—>6s to 75—directing the Sergeaauat-Arme to make return to the writ of Aabeaecorput, aud to produce Kilbourne before tbe Court. A resolution was adopted that, in the further proceedings in the impeachment case, the House should appear in the Senate only by its Managers. Bilte were passed in tee Senate, on the 18th—authorizing the'sale of the dongrettional Record and other pnblic documents to members of Congress st cost, with ten per cent, additional; the House Deficiency Appropriation bill, with amendments....ln the House a -unanimous report was made In the Alabama canteeted election case of Bromberg us. Haralson, declaring the sitting member (Haralson) entitled to the seat, and the report was agreed to. In the Florida election case a majority report was m-.de that Walls, the sitting member, was not, and that Finlay, the contestant, was entitled to the seat.

In 'the fSenate, sitting as a Court of Imipeacbment, on the 19th, tbe Managers of the House .presented the answer adopted by tbe House to the,plea of the defence, the answer being to the effect that at the time of the commission of the actv charged Gen. Belknap was an ofdcerof tbe.United States, and was such an. officer until after the House had completed an investigation into the charges against him and were pr&paiirjg for hi* impeachment, a fact known to aim when he resigned. An order was then agreed to that the respondent tile hie -answer to the replic tian of ttre House by the 24th, the ■ Managers their rejoinder by the 2oth, and that tbe trial jiroceed on the 27th. The -Court then adjourned. Tbe message vet'ing the bill reducing tbe salary of the Preeiden t was laid before the Senate. The » .onae bill to define tbe tax on fermented and malt liquors was passed. A .motion to meoasider she vote by which tbe bill in regard to counting-.votes for President and wioePresident was passed was agreed to—9l to 23 and the bill was placed on the calendar..—.. In the HoSea, tills were introduced—for refunding the interest bearing .bonds of the United 81a es in United States console bearing four percent, gold interest sod having Jorty years to ran; toprovide for the coinage of Centennial coins. The report in the Florina contested election ease was agreed to, and J. Q. PltTay w.ss sworn in. TteStargeaut-at-Arme reported (bat he had obeyed the writ of habtru oerjnu iw the Ballet Kilbuarnecase, and that the Jadge had ordered Kilbourne into the custody es tbe Marshal. The Senate, on tbe 20th, unanimously passed a bill avSAertetng the Secretary of the Treasury to allow Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch to receive, tree from dety, the wedding presents .from the Khedive of .Egypt. Amendments were, offered to the bill to amend the laws relailnglo <he legal-tender of diver coin Adjourned to tbe 1 Wth... Blll* were introduced in the House—o grout to Ohio the arwold and unappropriated. ptdutic lands la such State; to limit the power of. conrts to punish for contempt; to enlarge the! pririlege* of the writ of Ao*.*4 corpus. The Senate amendments to the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill were nooconcurred tn. Some of the deoate amendments to the Deteteney Appropriation bill wore rejected, and otben were concurred to. A resolution was adopted recltiag the charges made in • newspaper report aObct ag the official conduct of Secretary Bristow, ia regard to tbe remission of a forfehnre in the ease of the hark Mary Merritt, seized At Milwaukee in l«u»for a violation of the Castom iawr. xntt tnvtraetlng the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department to Investigate <be matter. Tbe bill to transfer the Indian Bar a* to the War Department wa* tejun up aud amended. Senate not ia /union on the 215 t... ,A bill WM introduced la the House to regulate tbe privilege of « writ of habtat corput in certain cmm. Bills wen p«***d-concerning: corpora Worn engaged io tbe btwlt«*» of dtetllilpg, tp

-r Mfnsfertbe Indian Bureau to the War DcpartmanVlSG to M—providing that, aiw tns first of Jnlv neXVlhe Swrearv ofWar shall e sere law thn rupervlaory aud appellate powers, and poasaathe joriadlaUon, now exarc sed and by the Secretary of tea Interior in regard to Indian affairs. ’