Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1876 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

1 WKtKM. Diaroell stated, in the British Parliament on the 22d, that it waa not the Intention of the Government at present to amnesty the Yenian prisoners. An animated and exciting Aebate followed, and the subject was dropped by mutual consent. The proposition to amnesty the convicts of the Commune waa refected in the French Senate, o* the 23d, by tm almost unanimous .. A Berlin special of the 82d says it was the Intention of the Sultan of Turkey to abdicate hlAirone within a short time. A London telegram of the 2M says that, at the requestor the Attorney-General, WlnSlow, the Boston forger, had been remanded for a further period c£ -eight days, to enable the Government to bring the case b efore th tjuern’s Bench. On the morning at the 33d, at the Newgate Prison, in Ixmdoe, the four Greek sailors who murdered the captain, mate and second officer ot the ship Lennie, and who were convicted on the Sth Inst., were executed. A London-dispatch of the 25th announces the departure, for Smith’s Sound, of the steamer Pandora, to bring to England any ttW * by C * Pt Nare8 ’ A Ooaatantinqple dispatch of the 26th says the Porte -intended to call out the reserves and mahe a lust effort to suppress the insurrection. It was reported that the agreement in respect to Turkish affairs would be rsJected, and that the great Powers would be advised not to intervene in the settlement of Turkish disputes. In parts of Bulgaria, Where the Insurrection prevailed, it was reported that 118 villages, containing 100,000 inhabitants, had been burned. DOMRSTIC. In an editorial on the Black Hills, the Chicago ITrtoune of the 24th says an old miner, who hw lived in Colorado many years, and has had large experience in the mining business, -writes: “ There is a little gold all through the Hills, but I do not believe there ■re any paying diggings; at least none have been found yet; and, if there ever is one, tbe gold will speak for itself. The amounts reported from time to time as being received or even taken from the Hills do not amount to a drop in the bucket in comparison to what should have been taken out of a mining camp if it was a country." Another correspondent writes: “As yet I have not seen a gold mine in the Hills that will pay two dollars per day per man, and the wonderful reports circulated in the States have brought thousands to tbe country, without money or grub enough to last them thirty days. I fear, if something is not done soon, many will suffer.” A letter received at Cincinnati from L. Mott, one of the company ot Cincinnatians, who- left for the Black Hills, some time since, dated Kearney Junction, May 21, states: “The Indians are on the war-path, killing -miners at a fearful rate. Miners are. returning to the States by hundreds.” Be says that “out of forty-two men at Deadwood, twenty-seven of them have been killed by the fed devils. Five more were killed and scalped within three miles of Custer City. There i> plenty of gold nor.hwest of Custer, but it is Impossible to get at it.on account of the Indians.” Mott was formerly a barkeeper at the Farmers’ Hotel In .Cincinnati. A. Washington telegram of the 26th says Gen. Sherman had telegraphed to Gen. Sheridan, at Chicago, that the President had Mated “ that the people who had gone to the Black Hills of Dakota, inside the Sioux reservation, or who may hereafter go there, are there wrongfully, acd that they should be notified of the fact. But the Governnieniis engaged in a certain measure that will probably result in the opening up of the country to occupation and settlement. In the. meantime the Indians should not be allowed to scalp and kill anybody and you are authorized to afford protection to all persons who are coming away or who are conveying food and stores for those already there.’

The fast-mail train Jumped the track st Albany, N. Y., on the morning of the 26th. Tbe engineer and fireman were killed. Melodeon Hall, Cincinnati, was burned on the-26th, and with it was destroyed Dubufe's great painting, “The Prodigal Son.” Mr. Derby, owner of the painting, estimated its commercial value at $100,000; its original cost was $30,000, and it was insured for $25,000.2J A man named Pedro was arrested at Des Moines, lowa, on the 25th, having in his possession a large quantity of bogus twenty-five cent pieces. Quite a number had been disposed of before the arrest was made. He had

a confederate, who escaped. A .fire in San Francisco, on the 26th, partially destroyed the Brittan Block, at the corner of California and Davis streets inflicting a loss of about <300,000. A lew days ago a merchant of Abbeyville County, 8. C n named Harmon, and his wife, were found murdered in their bed. Tbe murderers, four in number, were arrested, and subsequently were taken from the Sheriff and shot. Three hundred persons were present at the-execution, and 100 shots were tired. PBBSONAL. President’tirhnt'sent to the Senate, on the 22d, the nomination of Atty.-Gen. Pierrepoht to be Minister to England; Secretary of War Taft to be Attorney General, and J. Donald Cameron, son of Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of War. The nominations were confirmed by the Senate. A cable dispatch was received by President Grant on the 22d, announcing the death, in London, of bls grand-child—the child cf his daughter, Mrs. Sartoris—almost a year old. Secretary Robeson sent a letter on the 23d to Mr. Whltthorne, Chairman of the House Committee on Naval Affairs, demanding to be heard before the committee, in open_ses•lon, in justification of the matters charged •gainst him in the newspapers in connection With the Navy Department. He says tbe chartrek and insinuations Sade in the public newspapers are utterly false in tact, and founded upon false inferences from the testimony as heretofore published.

Godlove 8. Orth was in Washington on the «d, and testified before the Sub-Commjftee on Foreign Affairs in relation to the awards made by tbe Venezuelan Mixed Commission. O* theaame day Mr. Orth acetin his resignation as United Stales Minister to Austria. Edward M. Beale, of Washington—formerly of California—has been nominated by the President to succeed Mr. Orth as Minister io

Mr. Wtlilam H. Hurlbut, for sometime <Wnnented with tbe New York World, has purchased Mr. Marble’s interest in that paper, •nd succeeds him in the editorial management, Mr, Marble retiring. In tbe case of D> W. Munn, ex-Supervlsor of Internal Revenue, on trial at Chicago for emisplracy to defraud tbe Government reveMtwa, the Jury, cm the 24th, brought in a verdwt of not guilty. I John S. RuUn, al jßsimsjilyanfa. was. on the 26tl>, uowdurtefi •» United Hates Consul *» riaws, thaaMM of Mr. Wirt Sykes har-

Ing been withdrawn In connection with that appointment. V. 8. Grant, <t., son of President Grant, has bo»n admitted so the practice of law in New fork city. JHper, the swardercr of little Mabel Young, whs hanged at Boston on the 261 h. On tbe same day, Samuel J. Frost was also hanged at Mass., for the murder of his wife's brother in July last. A horrible acenejoccyricd at thu latter execution. Ths fall was so great that the head of Frost was Jerked from Ms body, and hung only by ligaments. His blood spurted in every direction over the scaffold and floor. POLITICAL. The New Jersey Democratic State Convention was held at Trenton on the 23d. Dele-gates-at-Large were chosen to the National Convention and requested to present the name of Joel Parker as candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Among the resolutions adopted was one favoring the restoration of gold and silver as the basis of currency as soon as practicable. -The New Hampshire Republican State Convention was held on the 24th, and delegates were chosen to tbe National Convention- -They were uninstructed. The Kansas Republican State Convention, held at Topeka on the 24th, adopted a resolution declaring J ames G. Blaine to be its first choice as candidate for President of tbe United States. Delegates were chosen to the Cincinnati Convention.

The Minnesota Republican State Convention met at St. Paul On the 24th, and elected delegates to the National Convention. A strong Blaine resolution was adopted. The platform declares in favor of hard money, or its equivalent in paper convertible into coin. The Nebraska Republican State Convention was held at Fremont on the 23d and 24th, and adopted a resolution instructing its delegates -tothe Natidhal Convention to vote for Blaine for the Presidency. , The Michigan Democratic State Conven. tion, which was held at Lansing on the 24th, elected delegates to the St Louis Convention, who are said to stand sixteen for Tildeu and six for Hendricks. A resolution was adopted declaring that coin is the only money recognized by the traditions of tbe Democratic party as warranted under the Constitution. The Missouri Republican State Convention met at Jefferson City on the 24th, and selected delegates to the National Convention, who are said to be divided between Blaine and Morton, with three for Bristow and one for Conkling. Tne financial resolution favors a sound currency of coin or paper convertible into the same.

The Illinois Republican State Convention was held at Springfield on the 24th. A State ticket was nominated, composed as follows: For Governor, Shelby M. Cullom; Lieuten-ant-Governor, Andrew Shuman, of the Chicago Journal; Secretary of State, Geo. H. Harlow, renominated; Auditor, Thomas Needles: State Treasurer, Edward Rutz; Attorney-General, J. K. Edsall, renominated. Delegates were chosen to the National Convention, who are uninstructcd, but are said to be largely in favor of Blaine. The financial resolution of t he platform adopted declares that tbe Convention looks “with confidence to the National Republican Convention to solve the difficult problem of the currency; that the credit of the Nation shall remain untarnished, and Just regard be maintained for the rights and interests of all the people, East as well as West, North as well as South; that tbe Republican party has given to the people the best system of paper currency ever devised, and would dep. recate any legislation that might by any possibility cause a return to tbe system of paper currency in existence before the War.”

The Democratic State Convention of Kentucky was held at Louisville on the 25th. The delegates chosen to tne National Convention are uninstructed. The resolutions adopted demand the repeal of the SpecieResumption act, but insist upon a return to -specie payment at the earliest time it can be done without detriment to the commercial and industrial interests of the people. The California State Democratic platform favors a gold and silver currency, a tariff for revenue only, and opposes Chinese immigration. The delegates to the National Convention are instructed to vote for the nomination of Gov. Tilden for the Presidency. A State Convention of the Spencer Alabama Republicans was held on the 25th, and delegates to the National Convention were chosen. They are supposed to be largely in favor of Senator Morton’s nomination for the Presidency. A State ticket was also nominated headed .by James Clarke for Governor. The Kansas Republican State Convention, for the nomination of a State ticket, has been called to meet at Topeka on the 16th of August. The recent National Convention of the Independent Greenback party issued a call for a National ratification meeting to be held in the city of Philadelphia on the 4th day of July, 1876, and invited all the people of tbe Nation to attend and ratify the platform and nominations of the Convention.

CONGRESSIONAL,. In tbe Senate, ou the 20th, Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted a report in the case of Senator Spencer exonerating him from the charges of bribery and corruption in connection with his election. Mr. Saulsbury, the Democratic member of the committee, concurred in its conclusions that tbe evidence taken contained nothing implicating senator Spencer in the bribery, but contended that the inquiry was not earned far enough, and that the allegations tiled as to the invalidity of the Leg slature which elected Mr. Spencer, should have been inquired into, and testimony on that subject taken. The Senate bill auihor.zing the Secretary of the Tieasury to pay G. B. Tyler aud_E. il. Luckett <164 wrongfully collectedln the Second District of Kentucky, as tax for keeper ot , a bonded .warehouse, was passed over the President's veto—yeas, 4h,- Baya none. ,'£b e Impeachment case was furthejcjconsidercd in sec Yet waist. In the House., Mr. Cate, of Wi-conein. made a personal explanation denying the charges made against blm in tbe memorial sent to Congress by tue Wisconsin Leg stature, and claimed that be had been elected fairly and honestly ;he Said he bad prepared to defeud bls case, but before it was decided the contestant bad died, and he d uied tbe right of the Legislature to interiere in the mat ter. A bill was passed authorizing tbe Secretary of the Treasury to maae allowance* for compensation to Collectors of iuterual revenue who went out of office prior to Feb. 8, 1875, on final settlement of their accounts. Mr. Hoskins was excused framjservice on the Louisiana Investigating Committee. The Naval Appropriation bill was further considered in Committee o_t the Whole.

In the Senate, on the 22d, Wm. H. Barnum was sworn in as Senator from Connecticut. A petition was presented and referred from A. M. Clapp, Congressional Printer, to the effect that hf ls anofficer of the Senate; that great injustice had been done him by the < ommittee on Printing of tbe House; that the books of his office were detainen from him by that committee, and i hat no opportunity had been given him lor explanation of tbe charges against him. Tbe Impeachment quesiion was further considered.. —in the House, the leave of absence of Speaker Kerr was extended live days. A resolution was adopted relativ- to ths p/oiection of American citizens in the Ottoman Empire, as was also the resolution to dlsmisf Doorkeeper Fitzhugh, and to transfer the duties of Doorkeeper to tbe Sergeant-at-Arms until fur ther orders. A proposed amendment to the Naval,. Appropriation bill, reducing the nuinlnr of naval officers and their pay, was rejected in Committee of the Whole. ■ 1

A favorable report was made in the Senate on the z3d, on the House bill granting ftithe Stale of Missouri all tbe lands therein selected as swamp and overflowed lands. After reports on a number of unimportant bills, the Impvacument question was further considered in secret session.... Tbe Naval and Indian Appropriation bills were considered in Committee ot the Whole In the House, and tbe former was reported to the House, with amendments, and patfljed. The Louisiana Investigating Commit! e was authorized to act by sub-committees, and Mr. Woodburn, of Neyada, was appointed to nil the vacancy in such com-' inittqu caused by the withdrawal of Mr. Hoskips. ‘ 1 Id the Senate, on the 24th, the House joint rusoJutio»requesting the President to take

•uch steps ns In his Judgment, .may be expedient to obtain the pardoe or rn'eare of Edward U'.Meagher Condon, now confined tn an English prison, was fiaared. aa was also the Senate bill eSiabllshing the rank of Paymaster-General; as Brigadier (■eniiral. r ..Epaukcr Keir resumed the chair tn tbe House, hl* health haviug seemingly improved. A report waa made tn the Smtih Carolina Contested-election case, declaring ihe sitting member. J. 11. Rainey, to have been (Inly elected, A resolution wa- adopted directing the Committee on Commerce to inquire into an all Med combination of Ute leading railroads of thy country lor the purpose of conn oiling traffic. The bill fixing the salary of the President at $15,000 per annum, together with the message vetoing the same, was reported hack from the Civil Service Committee in the Senate, on the loth, with a* recommendation that the bill be passed, notwithstanding th 1 ’ objection of the President; placed on the calendar. The Impeachment question was further considered, with closed doors. In the House, the Senate amend ments to the bill authorizing the appointment of Receivers of National Banks were non-copc.nrre.d In. The rejtoit of the Committee on Foreign Affaire on the Emma Mine Investigation was presented. After a review of the testimony, the report concludes that the relations of Gen. Schenck to the venders of the Emma Mine were of such a character as to cast suspicion upon bis motives, and subject his action to unfavorable criticism; but the committee believe, that be was not guilty of fraud or of any fraudulent intent in such connection; that hie speculative dealings in the shares of the Company were not compatible with his diplomatic rtatioiiMul the maintenance of the petition of honor and usefulness at tbe Court to which he was attached: tbe committee therefore offered a resolution, anti unanimously recommended Its passage by the -House, condemning the action or Minister Schenck In becoming a diroefor of the Emma Mining Company, and bis operations in connection wi h tliesba.es of said company as ill-ad-vised, unfoiinnate and Incompatible with tbeduties of bls official position.

In the Senate, on the 26tti, the Senate hill to create a sinklag fund for the liquidation of Government bonds advanced to the Central A Western Pacific Railroad Company, with amendments, and a new bill to create a like fund in re lation to the bonds advanced to tbe Union Pacific Railroad Company, and for the settlement of the claims of the Government on account of said bonds, were reported from the Railroad Committee and placed on the calendar. The Impeachment question was further debated in secret session .In the House the Senate bill for this relief of G. B. Tyler and E. H. Luckett was passed over the President's veto—lßl to It—a* was also the bill providing for recording deeds, mortgages and other conveyances affecting real estate in the District of Columbia. A bill was also passed for the relief of certain settlers on public lands. A resolution was passed appointing J. H. Patterson as Doorkeeper. An appropriation was made for the payment of Claims reported allowed by the Commissioner of Claims. An investigation was ordered into the charges that money had been expended by the Pacific Coast to procure the passage of tbe bill to carry into effect the treaty with tbe Hawaiian islands.