Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1880 — EPITOME OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

EPITOME OF THE WEEK.

Current Para<r*pfcs. Rev. J. N. Gallaher was coDoeera- : tel Episcopal Blahop ol Louisiana at Nev Orleans on the Bth. Tub President orTthe 3d nominated James Q. Howard, of Columbus, Ohio, to be Appraiser Of the Port of Ne< Todt The Great Qouncil of the Canton of Appenzell <»lta«rt»i>d, has voted tor-the reestablishment uToacftai punSahmeoL CharsK Decker, a prominent citix*nof Newark, N. J., blew his bead off on the 3d with a cannon loaded to the muzzle with powder and slugs. The total coinage at the United States Mint and. branches for the last month was 89.5MM0. Of this amount 82,450,000 were iu standard silver dollars. Genital ..Roberts, commander of the British forces fti Afghanistan, reports that be has hanged eighty-two persons for complicity in the revolt at CabuL Adolph *■£ Borie, ex-SeCretaty of the Nsvy, died in Philadelphia on the morning of the 5tU aged s«v«at/-ene yegrs. Hehad been in ill-health for along time. • dr* Secretary Sherman issued a circular on the 3d, inviting proposals for the sale to the Government of flve and six-per-cent. bends to the amount of 811,000,000. The Berliner Zcitufig, a radical nonSocialtatic newspaper published st the German Capita], has been suppressed for publishing a sharp attack upon the Government. A negro.cabin on the plantation of Captain William Black, near Columbia, 8. C., was burned a few nights ago, aiul two men, a woman and six children perished in the flames. ’ In executive session on the sth the United Blates Senate- rejected, by a rote of 42 to 10, the nomination of John M. Morton to lie Collector of Internal Revenue at Ban Francisco. The Connecticut Republican State Convention for electing delegates to the National Convention will be held New _lfaven, April 7. The New Jersey Convention Isto be held on the 6th of May. Seventy-two youths have been sentcncedjn Berlin by default to a fortnight’s imprisonment and a fine of one hundred and fifty marss each for emigrating without |>ermission. and thus evading the conscription. ‘ Ten Chimunen were burned to death in a Snn Francisco wash-hoflse on the morning of the sth. They were all on the first floor of the burning building, and could have escaped if they had not been stupefied with opium. ] At .the meeting of the Cabinet in Washington on the 6th the record of the Reno court-martial was presented* and, after a short discussion, it was decided that the sentence of dismissal from the army should be approved. A report; recently current, of the intended marriage of Bemuel J. Tilden to a I lady of LewiSburgrPa., to denied on the authority W Mr. Tilden's secretary, who says Mr. T. never bad the pleasure of knowing of the existence of any such lady. . The British Parliament was opened bn the sth with impressive ceremonies. A s|>cech from the throne was read, in which brief reference was made to the late war in Africa, the present war in and the impending famine in Ireland. Boot's five-dpjlar gold pieces are be-ing-circulated quite extensively on the Pacific coast. The imitation-Is said to be perfect except in weight, the coin being only 700 fine. Mexican Qoublooiis of a similar character peing offered for sale. , The Milwaukee (Wis.) County Hospital wad destroyed by fire on the morning of the 3d. The"building contained thirty in mates, and of these all escaped except Mrs. Christine Nelson, a feeble-minded woman, nine»y years old, and Fred Bcharff, an insane mau, both of whom perished in the flames. From a report recently submitted to Coryrress'by the Secretary of War it appears that the organized strength of the militia force of the different States consists of 145 general officers, 1,605 regimental, field and staff officers, 6,198 _ company «5Ad 117,087 non-commissfcn*l AeeW, m'uaieians and privates The. unorganized fOrc» or number of men available for military duty is put down at 6,516,758. It was announced on the 4th that the proprietor of the New Ymfc Hrra’d had given 8100,100 fortbo ffiihff* Be flfemsiu Ireland. The SrruM-Mva: ‘flfhe irultikfde of people who are starving are relatives of onr own citizens, and it wouM be a disgrace to look on coldly while they perish by the most piteous of all death*” It engages to see that this 8100,< 00 and every dollar added thereto goes to the relief of actual want Decisions . have recently been rendered by Judge McAllister, of the Appellate Court sitting in Chicago, to the effect that prospective but unplanted crops are not subject to mortgage, and that railroad companies are not compelled to furnish seats or refuse to take ’passengers, although they may do the latter when their cars are crowded, and that' , persons who insist on boarding trains already full must take their chances, and ff Injured have no remedy, SuPERjjfrNDENT WALKER Bm written a letter from Washington to the Peoria , (lU.) Tratucript, in reply to an inquiry relative to a circular issued from Chicago by a so-called “Census Information Bureau," in which he says: “I would say that the per- . sons, whoever they may be, issuing this circular are not, and are not likely to be, and certainly can have no right to be, in possession of any information not common to the whole body of ctti*ms‘, that they hare, and can have, no legitimate ijwans of promoting the success of any appiim st for appointment as Cercus Enumerator; and tKat the circular In question bears, to niy tye, tbs aspect of Imposture, Jf not of trend." * A Washington special of the 2d to the Chicago. A>ar»al tafs the first version of the alleged “confession” of General -J. H. Hammond was altogether wrong. General HammondjsAtbd tee at trfct thought, .the letter (rtiletquihiUy acknowledged’by him} was Counterfeit, because it did not appear in bis press copy-book. After Wards he '•recollected writing it, but, Upon reading it over, he observedcertain omissions and laid it aside and wrote another one. That flrat and imperfect.letter ha supposed was destroyed st the time. as. it was sever handed by him to Hart, the agent to whom it was addressed. The discarded letter fell iqto Hart’s hands, who placed it in the hands of General Fisk..' The dispatch adds: ‘‘General Hammond’s friends here have the strongest faith in his Integrity and honesty, , and believe that be will come out of the present investigation with a clear record.” A Berlin dispatch w« published in Paris on the morning of the 3d, announcing

that the German Government wate preparing to send an army of 40,0 W men to the Dutch frontier. The announcement caused great exeitempot throughout Europe, it being the general opinion that It was the first step in a series of operations planned by Bismarck for the seizure of Holland and the ultimate acquisition of Belgium. A Dcbian telegram%f the 3d says distress and destitution wyre being felt in the richest and most prosperous sections of the country. R was 'believed that 800,000 persons in Ireland were slowly starving, or at suffering from hunger. The land agitation had been suspended for the moeaent, the agi- . tatora lending a hand to compass the relief of the suffering. ' A St. Petersburg (Russia) dispatch of the 2d says the Minister of Finance bad decided to redeem a portion of the paper currency of the Empire, the volume of which had become enormous, and which was conI sfderably depreciated. Violent snow and wind storms prevailed toioaghout the Beat on tlfe Ed and 3fl. At NtewWorkl on the Bound and.aloeg Ae Jersey roast Aer wtnd blew a narrteteneon the 3d. Nearly all of the summer resorts suffered severely. A brakeman was blown from a Hudson River Railroad train and killed. At Atlanticvflle, N. J., the Captain of a brig shot -himself when he saw that his vessel must be Wrecked. • A fight occurred on the 28th ult., near Fort Buford, between fifty lodges of Sioux from Spotted Tall and Pine Ridge agencies wwl-a-party of Gros Vpntresj Tire, latter were -victorious, putting their enemies to rout and capturing all of their ponies. Bv a railway col lieion at Argenteuil, France, on the 4th, seven persons were killed I and over forty more or less seriously in- ■ jured. Heavy snows have fallen in the mountains of Afghanistan, and military oper- } ations are entirely suspended. A band of regulators to the number of about twenty entered the dwelling of a family named Donnelly, at Lucan, Ont, on the night of the 3d, and murdered the father, mother, one son and a niece, and then set fire to the premises. The neighborhood had 1 suffered severely from thieves and incendiaries, and as the Donnellys were supposed | to be the guilty parties, the wrath of the mob fell on them. . A boy named Connors, belonging to the village, was staying in the house over night. When the attack was made he crept under the bed without being i discovered. When the murders were comi initted, the house fired and the gang de- | camped, the boy emerged from his hiding- | place, started for the village and informed i the authorities. Another son, residing about i three miles from the homestead, was called I to bte door about the same hour and shot dead. The Pennsylvania State Republican Convention met at Harrisburg on the 4th, and •elected Defegates-'at-Large to the National Republican Convention, instructing them, by a vote of 133 to 113, to vote for U. B. Grant, and to east their votes as a unit John A. Lemon was notninatedVfor Auditor-General; Hon, Henry Greenc.for Judge of the Supreme Court, and E. R Benson and Henry W. Oliver, for Electors-at- Large. Resolutions were adopted, deprecating further financial legislation; advocating continued adherence to the tariff policy of the last twenty ye#rs; opposing the estaMffehmefat of new tariffs through commercial treaties; reaffirming adherence to the following principles: the of the States, protection to person and property tn every portion of the country, the strict performance of all obligations, security And freedom of thought, speech and press, a free and pure ballot, honesty in elections, and ( an honest count of ballots; congratulating "the Maine Republicans on their late victory; deprecating the growing tendency to set aside elections on technicalities and informalities; etc., etc. A RECEmoN wiw given to General Grant at the Vice-Royal Palace, Havana, on the night of the 3d, and it is said to have been a splendidly-arranged affair. The elite of Havana society and many transient and resident Americans Were present. The palace was elegantly decorated with flowers, and the illuminated staircase was lined by the CaptainGeneral’s body-guard in full uniform. Generals Grant and Callejas, with their wives, recel red the visitors. , The Republican State Convention of Massachusetts to choose Dclegates-at-Large to the National Convention will be held at Worcester on the 15th Of ApriL Governor Davis delivered a long inaugural message before the Maine Legislature on the sth. Referring to the action of ex-Governor Garcelon, he characterized it as ••Itoeat puMte wrong, which should receive the nation at all honest citizens. He reeofrfmtuav a Thorough revision of the methods of returning and ascertaining the results of elections, and congratulates the people on the maintenance of law and order during the rate protracted contest at the State Capital r- ‘ » 1 •£A-Pubuk ®.ipatch of |he Sth sayg wTarift boffv of tflrfllnts of the town of‘ Atheny, headed by the parish priest; had beaten off a party of' process-servers who were under protection x>f g small detachment of constabulary. Borne shati were fired, and the officers beat a hasty retreat, taking their unserved papers with them. It was reported thsrt attempts liad been made to assassinate' bailiffs in Dunstable. At an election in Liverpool for member of Parliament, on the Blh, Whitley, the Tory candidate, was successful by a small majority. ' The Board of Indian Commissioners' held their concluding session for the investigation of «x-Indian Commissioner Hayt in New York on the sth. After accepting the report of the Special Committee appointed to investigate the. charges against the ex-Com-missioner the Board adopted a resolution approving the action of the Secretary of the Interior in removing Mr. Hayt from the office of Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The Tennessee Republican State Convention to nominate candidates for State officers atgi appoint delegates to the National Convention has been called to meet at Nashville on the sth of May. Fifty-Fqcß colored emigrants arrived at Indianapolis op Qiefith. A Lob Faroe 46patch, received on the 6th, says -General Adams and party arrived there on the sth, and that Captain Jack and Bow«rwfc| left immediately thereafter for Grand River, at which point the White River Indians were said to be encamped, for the purpose of m>kin| another attempt to secure the surrender of the twelve guilty .Utes Jack made no promises and would set no time for Ihia return, but said he wool* do his best to bit ng abon t the Surrendl er of those wanted. Ir i > Later News. ft The Paris Tentf* fetierely blames the Congress of the United States for placing the hall of the House of Representatives at the disposal of Parnell and DillonThe London JZWkes Of’ the Bth published a Candahar dispatch stating that a tacked th Cabulese stationed there, unawares, and ihflicted heavy loss before tbe latter could bring their artillery to bear on> their assailants. When was accomplished the Berates were defeated with great slaughter. The body of Dolly Hartman, aged eighteen years, was cremated la the UMoyne furnace at Washington, pa., on the

**'* "• - 7th.* Rut few visitors were prerent. Incineration was complete is a few horn* The father of the girl said be would sprinkle the ashes npon the garden-plot and plant flowers, ss be was satisfied thia would have been Dolly’s deaire if she could have expressed IL The girl weighed only seventy pounds. Three young men in jail at Los Vegas, New Mexico, for the murder of the Marshal of that city, were taken out by a mob and lynched on the morning of the Bth. The lowa House of Representatives on the 7th adopted, by a vote of fifty-seven to thirty-one, an amendment to the Constitution of the State, to be submitted to a vote of the people, mxMu ß1 ,M. —•»•** women engioie as members of the Legislature. Three masked men broke into the National Bank at Knoxville, IIL, early on the morning of the 7th, and seized Mr. Runkle, the Presidept, who lives in the building, bound him hand and foot, bandaged his eyes, and demanded the combination of the safe. Mr. Runkle said he didn’t know it, whereupon the burglars burned bis feet, knocked him on the bead and hung him by the neek, but not fatally, and Anally gave up the undertaking. They secured a little over 83,000 contained in a private safe, the key of which they found in Mr. Runkle’s clothes. Mr. Runkle told one of the burglars that he recognized him by his voice. The burglar, In reply, admitted that he was a Knox County man, and proposed to shoot Mr. Runkle as a measure of safety, but. another member oL the. gang interfered. A recent special from South Charleston, Ohio, to the Cincinnati Gazette, says:! “Job# Campbell, aged seveuteflp, shot hit sister Hold a, aged nineteen, accidentally. He was standing aix feet from her in the kitchen, in the presence of another sister, whence playfully pointed a pistol at her, demanding her money or her life. Bhe answered, ‘ Neither,’ when the pistol went off and the ball pierced her heart. The boy said he did not know it was loaded.” Advices received at Denver on the 7th from Los Pinos state that on the day before a runner arrived at the agency with a message from Jack to General Adams, stating that thirteen days must elapse before his return. From this it was inferred that Douglass had information of Adams' coming, and had left for his former camp on Grand River. Chief Shawano had accepted the invitation of General Adams to accompany him to Washington. Shavano favors the policy of Secretary Bchurz—that the Indians must settle down on J6O acres and go to work. He to said to be the only Indian except Ouray who has entirely discarded the Indian mode of dress and adopted that of the whites, and is the first and only Indian from the Nation who ever farmed extensively enough to be able to sell anything. Congress. Tuesday, February 3.—ln the Senate Mr. Bayard, from the Finance Committee, reported the Warner Silver bill adversely, and Mr. Beck stated that the report was not unanimous, and the minority hoped to be beardin regard to the bill at some future time; the bill was placed on the calendar. A resolution was submitted to the effect that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Representative Clark, •of lowa, and, after eulogies by Messrs. Allison and Hereford, the resolution was adopted.... In the House the privileges of the floor were granted to Messrs. Parnell and Dillon, the Irish agitators. A bill reported from the Judiciary Committee, providing that no person shall serve as a petit juror in any United States Court more than three weeks during any one year, was passed. Mr. Cox introduced a bill declaring forfeited certain lands granted conditionally to aid in the construction of railroad and telegraph lines. In Committee of the Whole the report of the Committee on Rules was further considered. Wednesday, February 4. —A resolution was adopted in the Senate directing the Secretary of the Treasury to communicate to the Senate the reasons for the order issued by the Department to Collectors of Customs, dated 1 lecembev 15,1879, directing them, whenever written -requests to that effect shall be filed by shippers or consignors, to cause to be withheld from publication for not exceeding ninety days statistics relating to the importation or shipmen* of any particular merchandise imported or shipped by them. Mr. Kirkwood introduced a bill to provide for the payment of additional bounty to the soldiers of the army of the United States during the war of the rebellion. The bill authorizing the conversion of National Gold Banks into National Banks w’as passed. • •..A joint resolution was adopted in the House—l6s to 60—appropriating 820,000 to enable the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries to represent the United States at the International Fishery Exhibition In Berlin in April next. Thursday, February s.—The bill to amend the act to provide for taking the tenth and subsequent censuses, approved March 3, 1879, was taken up in the Senate, and, on motion of Mr. Pendleton, a substitute, reported by the Census Committe, was considered Instead and passed: the bill, as passed, provides, among other things, for the free transportation of mail matter relating to the census, requires the enumeration to begin June 1, 1880, and that the enumeration in cities having over 1(1,000 inhabitants shall be taken within two weeks from that date, and appropriates 8360,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay enumerators for additional services required by this act. Adjourned to the 9th.... The Senate bill for the conversion of National Gold Banks was passed in the House, and bills were introduced and referred—making silver certificates receivable at the United States Preasury in th- redemption of cirouiating notes of the inue of the National ItankMjriJoKring the Seeretary oi the Treasury to pftv current interest on all registered United States bonds without respect to date of assignment or transfer. Frida L February 6.—The Seriate was not in session.. .A bill was introduced in the House, by Mr. Washburn, for the relief of settlers on public lands. The bill to remove thepolttical disabilities of John Owen, of Virginia, was taken up, and Mr. Conger opposed it, on the ground that the petition alluded to the “ war of the Omfederacy,” while the Fourteenth Amendment mentioned the “war of insurrection.” Mr. Goode replied, and was answered by Mr. Conger, when Mr. Wood objected to further debate, and the bill was then passed—lM to til. Qut little business was transacted in Committee of the Whole on the jp-ivate calendar. Adjourned to the 9th.