Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1876 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

flevortl live* bad been loat and many persona The funeral of the wife <tf Louio Blanc, ooCMion of an Immense radical demonstration. Over 900,000 penwe partlolpated lu %)kCI COT6IDODifS. According to a Ragosa dispatch of the Wth, the ffiturriron at Ntaaa were reduced to •Beat extremities. The anMlers and inhabitants were compelled to subsist on horse-

In the British House of Commons, on the •Bth, a bill to remove the electoral disabillttesef women was defeated—ls 2to 389. The leading Liberals supported the measure. Grout de Kotzebue, Governou-General of Poland, haa tendered his resignation because Russia had refused the appointment of one Polish-speaking Judge In •each governing She German Imperial Oeurt df Discipline has sentenced Count Von JArnlm to formal •dismissal from the public sesvice and to pay all costa of the proceedings. London telegrams of the OTUtauy that late advices from Mesopotamia show that the plague waa rapidly increasing. Since the previous report there hsd been 568 new cases aadbfißß deaths. The Prussian Chamber «f Deputies has passed a bill for the incorporation of the the Duchy of Laeenburg with the ▲.Vienna dispatch of the S6th ult., says the Pert© had sent a circular letter to Its representatives at the various European courts demanding military assistance in the suppression of the insurrection, and citing as a precedent, the suppression of the>Hungarian insurrection by Russia in KM). A report prevailed that Austria had ordered herarmy In Dalmatia to be increased to 60,600. The royal assent haa been given to the bill centering upon Queen Victoria the title of Jbnprere of India, and on the 96thult the Gantt* contained a proclamation announcing its aaampption by Her Majeety.

The aty National Bank of Chicago snw pended on the 2*th. The assets are represented to be about $1,000,000, which, It Is claimed, -will more than cover the: liabilities. The Metropolitan Hotel at Long ißraseh, RjJ n was bunted on the night of > the -35th. Loss $70,000. An Omaha dispatch of the 25th reps orders . had here issued to the commanding' officer at Tort Laramie to as far as possible, protect travelers between that point and < Custer Chy, but his .force was inadeqaiate to the task other than occasional scouting .parties. Serious trouble was apprehended I rom-Toring small hands of Indians, who will net attaftk laage, well-armed I parties. Complaints haring reached Washington ♦hatat some of the Sab-Treasuries fractional euntency continued to be paid out for legaltender notes, sad that at others it was rsAuatt, ’Treasurer Mew stated, on the -26th, that there Vas nothing In the law which prohibited him from paying out fractional currency not received in exchange for silver, the same .as previously, and that it would -be doaedn small amounts at all Sun-Treasuries. There-was about $709,000 in fractional eurreKfre hand, In Washington, which «ouM be paid out. Mr. Naw said, however, that he 1 would aaot allow it to be paid oat la large snare, but In a limited*; uantity. Judoe-Bond haa sentenced twenty-four'dii-tillersla South Carolina) convicted of fraud,' to an average of two pears in the Albany Penitentiary. ▲ Anmrearement was made on the 28th silt.; that tfceustraite of Mackinac were open, and. that steamers had succeeded in effecting a pmilQ, , fy r i fT PERMIhUL t The Gcremor of Massachusetts has signed the wareant for the execution, on the 26th of May, at Thomas W. Piper., convicted of the murder eflMabel Young indite Warren Ave-' nue ( Boston) Church tower. . Piper has made 1 a statemenhte the effect that the little girt 1 met her death by being caught in a trap door while ini-rriHjgr the tower, and that she was nearly dead -when be found* her, and that through faaiMf being accused .of murdering her, he itrMrVi* knowledge at the matter. A. Washington dispatch ofilfie 24th says Gen. >y»ri written a letter to a friend, that he had made any Vonfosaion whatever conrerniug the charges Hgsioalahim relative to the Fort Sill poat-tradffrahlp. dß* counted, on the 24th, •led with ’lneretary Gorham a vf.oinder to the replication of the House in the irepeachmaut matter. He ffeoiee that be wre SacralaryWaT untU Mter a commtttee of the Mcure had investigated his offlcisl conduct Bereluo alleges thsdiMr. ClyIber had staled doirim on the Ist us ,\March - that, unless he ifiSikoap) should eseign his position as Secretaty.ttf War before morn the neat May, he (dpreej) would moveihic imi peac kmeu tin tbs pLaget; that he (Belknap) ™yielded to the indmaUoa thus gives that he AigM. by resigning; .redid a protracted trial before Cte Senate. Whis alleged agnsemant on the part of the vfcetrgian of the Isussti gstiMtCommlttee, k to .»tged, should estqp the low from proteculigg the impeach , Mr. Barney Willisana, rjfae well-known! Iridh comedian, died at M*" York, on thej 25th, after a protracted fri-yrw He was flflyDoro Pedro and party esrisrad in San Francisco on the even lug of the #>Ui. To avoid any demonstration on his arrival, his car was 4«tariied from the train at Hearenton, and reu iptp the Clif hall an hour Ahead of the Westervelt, who la in prison si fWMelphi* |ur complicity In Utt> Charlie Ross ohdwction, by been visited by the widow al Mosher, the

and e«trotted to give some <;lw! U. Um.wher o *UmU of Uw boy. Ee ««*««*’ de01*1*1 that he knew nothing of the matter. flajMwt into Urn eonaplracy In hope* of p&etuiUfi a part of the reward, but bad uodi- , In the United States Circuit Court at tit. Loull, mi the 29th, Judge Dillon overruled tka raoll&B for arre.t of Judgment In the «a*, of Wo. aoovku-d of cOfisvlraey to XtTftud in comntmtion with ttfe tile

the ground that the set is not within the constitutional power of the legislature. On the 96th uIL, Judge Cartier, of the Court at the Wstriet of Columbia, grshted a writ Of habeut <v»Fretn the case of Hallett Kilbouroa, tha oontumaoious witness, but remanded him to th« custody of the United States Marsha! ff> ana ire ran indictment The prisoner thou gave ball and wss released. The action of ths Court was reported to the House, and the matter was referred to the Judiciary Committee. The Chicago /consol of the 28th ult says Don Carlos, the pretender to the Spanish throne, “ waa recognised in this city last Sunday, by those who have seen him at Madrid and Paris, who assure us most positively that they saw him, accompanied by three Spanish companions, at mass 1n the French r>th>di- Church, on Helsted street, on that day. Those from whom we derive this information are very positive that it was the veritable Don Carlos."

Founm. The lowa Independent State Convention has been called to meet at Dee Moines on the 10th of May to select delegates to the ■Greenback National Convention at Indianapolis. The Wisconsin Greenback Conventlen is to bo held at Madison, also on the 10th of Hay. The Massachusetts Republican State Convent km met at Boston on the 26th, and chose delegates to the National ’Convention. A resolution was adopted that the delegates be unpledged. It was tbdbght a majority of the delegation were In favor of the nomination of Secretary Briatow for the Presidency. Among the resolutions adopted by the Convention was one .in favor of the of specie payment at a date not later than that already fixed by law. The Oregon Democrats have renominated •Lafayette Lane for Congress. The California Republican State Convention was held on the 26th. Delegates were chosen to the National Convention, and a platform was adopted declaring in favor of a return to a metallic currency and the restoration of silver eoin to its -constitutional -equality with gold as a legal tender, and in favor of the payment of the National debt in gold, and condemning repudiation. Ttie New York Democratic State Convention, in session atiUtlca on the 27th, recognized the Tammany delegates from New ■York city, as “regular,” and gave seats, without voice, to the anti-Tammany contestants. Delegates to the National Convention were.chosen, and -resolutions were adopted indorsing the-administration of Gov. Tilden, and recommending him as a candidate for the-Presidency of the United States. The Arkansas Republican StataCon vent ion was held at Little Rock on the 27th, ami delegatee ware chosen to the National Convention, and instructed to give their preference to'Senator Morton as a candidate •for President of the United States. The recent California Republican State Convention expressed a preference for Jas. G. Blainefor President of the United States, but left iti-delegates to the National Convention uninstructed in that regard.

fiMWBEISIOHAL. 3fo eeesion of the Senate on the 22d ...A bill was reported -from the Committee on-Foreign Affaire-in regard to<citizenship, and to define cer-tain-rights of United Btates citizens in foreign countries and the duties of Diplomatic and Consular officers. A substitute was offered for the bill reported from committee to amend the charter of the Freedman's Bank. ’ln;t'he Senate, on the 24th, the bill to abolish the office-or.-Supervisor of Internal Revenue aad to umend the luws relating to the legaltender of silver ctiin were debated, Mr. Jones, of 'Nevada,-making-along argument In favor of the doable standard of gold and silver moaey.... Among the bills introdoced in the Honse were the.following: To increase the circulation of National ißank notes; to relieve the National Banks from the tax on their circulation; to liquidate the .National debt and to strengthen the public credit; to reorganize the navy. A joint resolution was passed requesting the Presi<dent to take inch-steps as may tend to obtain the early release of Edward O’M. Condon from his imprisonment In England. A resolution was offered'for the a select committee of ciae to make examination into the management of the New Orleans Custom House and other Federal offices in that city, with power to sit. in New Orleans during the recess, and a motion to suspend the rales and adopt the resolution was rejected—l 46 to i77,'less than two-thirds in the affirmative. Mr. Blaine made a personal explanation in regard to the newspaper chargee connecting him with the Union Pacific Bailroad • Company. The-Senate, oa the 25th, refused—yeas •4, nays4l—to-recede from its amendments to the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, and •also insisted on ita-amendments to the Deficiency Appropriation 'bill, and Conference Committees were.a .pointed. Mr..McMillan was appointed on .the special committee to .invest! ale the Missis •Slppl election, in place of Mr. Oglesby, excused. Mr. .Jones .concluded his remarks •of the Stiver Coin Legal-tender bi 11.... The iHonse, .in Committee of the Whole, considered and amended the Legislative Appro.priation/bUI. The Chairman of the Impeach•ment Managers—Mr. Lord—presented a rejoinder to the demuner filed by ex-Becretary Belknap, Which was approved ana ordered to be filed with 'therSecretary.ofthe-Benate; it is to the effect • that the Senateihas Jurisdiction in the case beifore it,.and that, as the defendant had not answered the articles .of lmpeacnment or In any mannerdenied thc-same, the Honee prays judgement. the reon according to law.

Tn.tbe ■(senate,<on theSßth, a resolution wag.adqpted calling on ithe Secretary of tbe Treasury for information ar to tbe number of iponona employed a* revenue or internal revenue Agent*, itbeir Tate of compensation, expenses, etc. Tbe ib ill to establish an educational land andiapply a portion of tbe proceeds of the public lands to public education-was taken up, and a substitute .was offered. The Silver bill was farther considered, and an amendment was offered by Mr. Sherman... An the House tbe Conferenoe.Cammtite.e on the Deficiency Appropriation bill reported recommending that the Senate recede trom three at its amendments, and that tbe Bouse .concur in three other#, which report was agreed to. The Legislative Appropriation bill was farther considered. The report of tbe Conference Committee en The Deficiency bill was adopted in the Senate, on tbe 27th. The Impeachment trial was begem «t H:M o’clock, and a motion was made and arena* teat the trial be postponed till the first Maodar es December nett; which motion, after retiring for consultation, the Senate denied. Adjourned, the .pending motion being that the evidence relating to the qnestlon of jurisdiction be green before the arguments were heard retettex tfiereto... ...Jn the Honse, the Senate amendment to the bill idefining the tax on fermented or maU liquors .was,agreed to. A Constitution*; Amendment was intiodneed and referred anlharising the president to approve or disapprove of separate .clauses or provisions of a bill. The Lefieiative and Executive Appropriation bill was amended In Committee of the Whole and reported W (be Meuse. No important legislative business was .transacted in the Senate, on the JSth. The Impeachment trial waa resumed, .and a request was .made and argued for a postponement for two .weeks, and enters vers agreed upon that the •fonaie proceed le hear and determine theqnes,tim of Jurisdiction, and that the trial proceed on ' the 4th ofMay, ana that the opening and closing .of the argument be gtawn to respondent. AdJohuied to May 1.... A number of private hills were.passed in the Hoe re Never*! of the com-, mite*- 1 amendments to the Legislative Appropriation ihifi were agreed to. and the point or order waeigfftde and sustained hjr (ha Speaker that (he section rransferri. g the Indian Bureau to the War Dep& dwent was not germane to the hilt, and it was dttfcken out, and the hit) waa pasred-2(M to If.

Tmsswpenment boa been tried in London of .establishing peony beaks in connection «lbb tbe public schools, and with eminent success. In a few months 5,£96 children ihad deposited a * k*w than £1,124. A similar«tperiment i a- bean tried, with like success, ipt Norwich aod Carmarthen. Ether dmatkards are a produet of Earl and. In a I*odonderiy neighborhood no official report' l»*s been made <Bf two deaths, caused ty drinking ether, and “ notwithstanding attempts made by the ejprgy and others as intiuence" to atop the practice, It aeenaefw be spreading. Tab £0,000,000,000 mulches manufactured in the United gwttw annually require 2U0.000 cubic feftt of the beat pwe lumber.—iTr, North.