Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1880 — THE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS.

Compiled from Latert Diipatohee, Senate.—Several petitions from railroad ootapaaiM dfsiast Um redaction of the do* tie.oaiteei rails were presented oa tbe 17te... Mr. SauMrary presented a majority report of the Committee oa HrivWee ead fleet ion • in the bi<aU» case, to the effect that bribery zn«l commtea were employed to secure Mr. IngalM* eieottoa, but that there was no ertdeacethat Ingalls authorized eucta improper assn, or that they, in fact, secured Ms election. Mr. Cameroa (Win.) preeeated a minority report, tigned by Messrs. Hoar, Lofan and Massett, ooocurrin* in that portion of the Majority report which exonerates Incalk, but tipi easing the opinion that when the report states corrupt km was employed it should in Justice state, what was provoi, that such m< aas were employed tn opposition to his election.... A resolution was submitted by Mr. Logar, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs providins that the r nnieSasy of the Nary be authorised to equip and furnish a vessel for the purpose of converter to Ireland such contributions offered and ocher supplies as are furnished in the United States for the relief of the suffering in Ireland. ...The bill authorising the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Treasury to employ additional clerks to facilitate the transaction of pension and otbertnisiness was taken up, debated and passed. House.—A motion was agreed to to reconsider the vote by which the House, on the Mth, ordered the main question on the bill prohibiting |he publication of lottery schemes in the District of Columbia, and a motion to lay the bill on the table was then rejected— W»to 120.... In Committee of die Whole on the revision of the rules several amendments to the pending rale (No. fIL which amendments tended to take away or limit the power of the House to legislate on Appropriation bills, were voted down by majorities ranging from five Senate.—On the 18th the joint resolution authorising the Secretary of the Navy to furnish a ship to transport to Ireland any provisions or otherisuppUes that may be furnished in this country was passed,...Mr. Logan presented the memorial of the Union Veteran Chib, numbering. LOOS ex-soldiers, remonstrating against the passage of the “ Weaver bill.” on the ground that, If passed, it will distract the business Interests of the eountry.-

'Hocse.—Mr. Warner, ffom the Committee on Coinage, reported back adversely the petition es the Bullion Ctubof New York, praying for a specie currency.. ..A bill was introduced by Mr. Morton, fixing the duty on barter malt at twenty-five cents per bushel. ....Mr.Cox. Chairman of the Committee on Foreim Affairs, submitted the unanimous report of the committee tn regard to the charges made against Mr. Aexlen. The committee finds that Mr. Acklen, not being a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, presented, on the 13th of January, a paper purporting to be tbe report of that committee, submitted by Mr. King, relating to claims of certain citizens against tbe Government of Nicaraugua, which paper was printed at his request; that that paper was not a report of tbe Committee oh Foreign Affairs, and had never been adopted or favorably considered by such committee; that that was done in the absence of Mr. King, whose absence was known to Mr. Acklen; that that alleged report, aa prepen ted, consists of • four pages of manuscript, a printed resolution and tbe printed report of Mr. Acklen to the Fortv-nfth Congress; that the manuscript tain the form of a report from the Committee on Foreign Affairs for tbe speedy passage of a resolution; that the manuscript is in thehandwrii ing of Acklen"! clerk, and copied by him from a draft made by Acklen; thafthe manuscript so prepared was banded by Acklen to King during the extra session, with a desire that b« should adopt It; that the committee did not adopt it aa their report, or favorably consider ft, and that It was returned early in December to Acklen, and he wks informed that the committee was probably adverse to its that Acklen subsequently altered It by pasting to ft a printed copy of the resolution asking for a special committee to report on Nicaragua claims, and introduced it so changed on January 23d; that Acklen, being inquired of at the time by the Journal clerk, faded to convey to him any other impreasion than that he had presented the report for King; that ft was King, and not the Chairman of tbe committee, who asked Acklen what, the introduction of the report meant, and who received an unsatisfactory reply. After debate Mr. Hawley moved, as an amendment to the report, that the report and evidence presented by the Committee on Foreign Affairsbe referred to tbe Judiciary Committee, which Committee is hereby authorized to make further inquiry if it should appear essential to a Just Judgment, and is instructed to report what action. If necessary, is required on the part of the House. The motion was agreed to —Mito ß2— and the report aa amended was then adopted. . Senate.—The motion of Mr. Davis fW. Ya.) to reconsider the vote adopting tbe resolution for the appointment of a Special Committee on thel n terocean I c Canal was taken up and agreed to—29 to 25—on the 19th. a.. The Five-percent, bill was further de□•ted. *• > House.—Mr. Bland, from the .Committee on Coinage,' Weights and Measures, reported a bill to establish a mint at St, Louis. ....The bill regulating the removal of causes from State to Federal Courts was taken up and debated....ln Committees of tbe Whole on the state of the Union Mr. Stephens spoke in opposition to the practice of attaching legislative enactments to Appropriation bills, claiming that, under the Constitution, the Executive had the same rightful and constitutional power to veto a bill as the House and tbe Senate had to pass It, and ths doctrine of making war up.in the veto power through means of the Appropriation bUH was anti-constitution-al... .InCommittee of the Whole on the revision of the rules Rule 21 was further amended; ah finally agreed to the rule is not materially changed in respect to ••political riders? from tbe rule as originally reported. Senate,—Bills were passed on the 20th—to authorize tfie, compilation and printing of the naygl history of the war; providing for the delivery of dutiable articles In the mails, and for indemnity for lost registered articles; repealing the provisions of the Revised Statutes authorizing the advancement of navy officers thirty numbers in rank for extraordinary heroism.... Objection was made by Messrs. Pendleton and Voorhees to a motion, made by Mr, Morrill, to take up and pass the House bill admitting free of duty certain contributions abroad in aid of the colored refugees in Kansas, the objection being because of the irregularity of -such procedure. After some discussion Mr. Pendleton withdrew his objection, but Mr. Voorhees still persisted, but did not mean by so doing to say that he would antagonize the bill on its final passage ... Adjourned to the 23d. House—-The Senate joint resolution was passe il authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to designate a vessel of tbe United States to carry, free of charge, contributions for the relief of tbe suffering poor of Ireland....A' bill was Introduced by Mr. Stevenson to place on tte free list certain articles imported and used in the manufacture of paper.... Tbe question of tbo revision of the rales was further considered in Committee of tbe Wh01e..... Adjourned to the Zoo. , NSIOM WAMUNcrrON. The exports from this country of domestic provisions and tallow during last January were <9,498,967; January, 1879, 110,436,369. Tor the seven months ended January 31, 1880, <00,880,735; for the seven months ended January 31,1879, <00,090,083. ! A recent Washington special says Senator McDonald, of Indiana, who had been quite prominently named for the Vice-Presi-dency on the Democratic ticket headed by Bayard, had informed his friends that, after mature consideration, he had decided not to allow his name to be used as a candidate An order has recently been issued by Poetmaster-General Key prohibiting the delivery of registered letters and moneyorders to the following persons, represented aa being engaged In conducting fraudulent' schemes: R. CL Wintersmith, No. 3 Mozart Building, Louisville, Ky., Supervisor of tbe Frankfort School-fund Lottery; W. Scott Glove, Louisville, Ky., tbe new agent for the Commonwealth Distribution Company; M. V. Wagner, Marahall, Mich., who advertises to eend patent recipes; Barnio A Bro., New Orleans, representing the Royal Havana Lottery Company; and D. P. Herrick, 43 New street, New York, who solicits money to Invest in railroad and other stocks. Jt has been further ordered tha| all persons recrtringmall matter under fictitious names shall be identified at the poetoffice before the mall to delivered. Am order was issued by the PoetmaaterGenarsl on tbe 19th forbidding the delivery of registered letters and moneyortera to Smalley A Gale, No. 35 Broadway,

fuTftlim W tn Biomoe Beumidi, the artist, whom freeeoeein tbe Capitol bwQding nt Washington have given him a wide reputation, died in that etty a few days ago, aged seventy-five yean. Hto latest and best work, tbe eartoons to tbe dome, la lees than half flntobed. Rowland E. Teowbeidge, of Michigan, was nominated to the Senate on the 30th. by the Preahtont, to he Commiisirvner of Indian Affaire. POffTMAffTEB-GKMEKAL KEY iMUed EM order on tbe 90th directing that on and after March lat the mail service on “star routes’’ should be reduced to one trip per week, and that tbe service placed on new routes since and Including July 1, 1879, be also diaeontinued, If necessary to guard sgalnst any deficiency being created to prevent tbe maintenance of the “star service” for tbe present fiaeal year. , ; . TWM east. Four men were killed at Randolph. N. H., on the 17th by the explosion of a boiler in John F. Thompson’s aaw-mUL. In response to the Government’s otter to buy <1,000,000 of bonds, seventeen proposals to sell were received at the Bub-Treas-ury in New York on the ISth, aggregating SMSyOQ, at 105 and interest for o’s Of 1880; 106.56 and 106 for 6’s of 188 L ami 103.5 to 104 for Fa of 188 L The Kansas Republican State Convention will be held tn Topeka on the 31st of March. The Greenback Central Committee of New York State at its recent session in Syracuse, considered charges of perfidy brought against its chairman, Thomas A. Saunders. After many speeches, It was resolved to runmon him before the committee on the 23d of March for an investigation. It is alleged that he sold out to the Democrats. The State Convention was called to be held at Albany on the ?4th of March. At the recent election In Philadelphia fifteen Republicans, seven regular Democrats and one Independent Democrat were chosen. The Select Council stands twenty-six Republicans and hve Democrats; the Common Council forty-three regular Republicans, five independent Republicans and five Democrats. With those holding over, the Common Council will stand seventy-two regular and Independent Republicans and twelve Democrats. ' A large spoon factory at Waterbury, Conn., was burned on the morning of the 20th. Loss, <150,000. At their recent State Convention at Providence the Rhode Island 'Prohibitionists nominated the following ticket: Albert Howard, for Governor; Thomas M. Beabury, for Lieutenant Governor; William Sayiea, for Attorney General; J. M. Addeman, for Secretary of State, and Samuel Clark, for General Treasurer. The last three named are the present incumbents. On the 20th Rev. Edward Cowley, late Manager and Superintendent of the Shepherd’s Fold in New York, who had been convicted of cruelly treating and starving tbe children under his eare, was sentenced to imprisonment in the State Prison for one year and to pay a fine of <960, tbe extreme penalty prescribed by law. At the expiration of his term of imprisonment, if his fine to not paid, be to to be confined in the New York jail one day for each dollar. A large iron-front building on Broadway, New York, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 20th. Loss about <1,000,000. Two firemen lost their lives by the collapse of the roof on which they were standing, the unfortunate men falling into the heart of the blazing building. The Pennsylvania Greenback State Convention will be held in Harrisburg on tbe 23d of March. A New York dealer was recently fined <IOO for selling oleomargarine for butler.

wrst sours. *■ A large quantity of provisions and clothing wu distributed to the destitute colored refugees in Kansas City on the 17th. The heavy floods on the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers were receding on the 17th. A house containing adamlly of nine persons, near Mayfield, Ky., was washed away on the night of the 16th, and all the inmates wete drowned. The statement that thousands of adventurers were gathering in Southern Kansas preparatory to a raid on Indian Territory was confirmed by dispatches from that quarter on the night of the 17th. The Supreme Court of Indiana has recently decided that the legal name of a person consists of one Christian name and a surname. Any one may have as many middle names, or initials, as are given to him or as he chooses Ui take. They do not affect his legal name, and may be inserted or not In a deed or contract without affecting its validity. Nor does a mistake in the middle initial of a name, in a deed, in any way affect its validity. The Georgia Republican State Convention has been called to meet at Augusta on the 21st of April, to choose delegates to the National Convention and transact other business. The colored men of Texas in State Convention at Galveston on the 17th, adopted resolutions approving of emigration from States east of the Mississippi river, denying the necessity of emigrating from Texas, showing the advantages offered by the Bute to those seeking new homes, and inviting their colored brethren to turn toward Texas instead of more northerly States. Two mem of Marion County, Ohio, claim to have solved the problem of perpetual motion. A model of the machine which they have in operation has been sent to Washington for a patent. The machine consists of a large iron wheel containing a large number of slides, Inclined planes, etc., and it is claimed that it will set itself going. Near Leedsburg, Va., on the night of the 17th a negro who had feloniously assaulted a white woman was lynched. The woman was among the lynchers, and was permitted to fire at the victim as he was drawn into the air. She fired fourteen revolver shots into his dangling body. A BOILER in a Peoria (HL) distillery exploded a few evenings ago, wrecking the building. Two men were instantly killed, two fatally Injured and three others seriously burned. 1 ’ A mumber of' colored emigrants from Mississippi arrived at Leavenworth, Kansas, ou the 19th. They designed settling on the line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The Maryland Legislature passed a bill on the 20th punishing by fine and imprisonment disturbers of the peace by loud and unseemly voices, and those who curse, swear, or use obscene language. * On the night of the 20th a passenger train on the Bellaire A Southeastern Railroad ran off the track while crossing a trestle near Bellaire, Ohio, and fell thirty-five feet into the chasm below. Twenty passengers were seriously injured, and thirteen dangerously. Among those fatally Injured was Hon. Lorenao Danford, of St Clairsville, 0., an exmember of Congress. The Michigan Republican -State Convention for the election of delegates to the National Convention win be held at Detroit on the 12th of May. The Oregon Republicans will hold their State Convention at Portland on the 21st of April _ mnue* inKuienca * Just before the Russian royal family entered the dining-hall in the Winter Paines at BE Petentarg oe the l?th a nine

enormous bole tn the fioor and entirely ■locking that portfou of the bufldißg. Five soMtars were kflled and thirty-ffve wownded. bat none of the royal family were hurt. In the British House of Commons on the evening of the 17th a motion to equalize the suffrage franchise in Ireland with that in Engiand and Scotland called forth aa aertmonious debate, bat ft was rejected by a decided vote. A Lubom telegram of the 17th aaya that Mr. Moran, tbe United States Minister to Portugal, had become almost a helpless paralytic, and would be compelled to abandon htopoet. The French people have organized aa Irish Relief Commission, of which tbe President to Cardinal Ginbert. A dispatch from the 17th says a Turcoman force, believed to be accompanied by Abdul Rahman Khan, had reached Akwehre, tn Afghan-Turkestan. There waa great excitement at Cabal over this report. Reports from the interior of Ireland on the 18th showed that, while there was much suffering, there was do starvation. Tbe Mansion House fund was being distributed without delay or stint. Land meetings seemed to have been abandoned. The mine which exploded in the basement of the Winter Palace at Bk. Petersburg on the 17tb was filled with dynamite and gun-cotton, and the train was carried to a cellar where a quantity of fuel was stored. Several workmen employed in the palace have disappeared since the explosion. The Mansion House Fund for the relief of the suffering in Ireland had aggregated about <340,000 up to the 18th. Reports from India on the 19th were to the effect that the Turcomans were preparing to give the Russian legions a warm reception. A grand council of war had been held at Mere, at which it was decided to raire an army of 60,000 men, and messengers were sent to Persia and other nations asking for assistance.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, in the British House of Commons on the 19th, that there was uo intention on the part of the British Government of resuming the negotiations regarding the silver question started by tbe United States and discussed st the Paris Conference. On the 19th four bailiffs, accompanied by a strong Constabulary force, made an attempt to seize some cattle belonging to a delinquent tenant in County Waterford, Ireland. A crowd of five hundred persons quickly gathered, overpowered the law officers and drove them from tbe vicinity. Martial law was proclaimed in Constantinople on tbe 19th, preparatory to the inauguration of long-promised administrative reforms. At Paris on the 20th a Russian subject named Hermann was arrested, charged with being connected with the Moscow explosion. Russia formally demanded extradition. < England, Germany, France and Belgium have formally recognized tbe independence of Roumanla. A recent Rio Janeiro dispatch says eight or ten persons were dying daily in that city of yellow fever. A letter from London states that the Princess Loulpe returned to Canada with the greatest reluctance. She dislikes the society of Ottawa, and looks upon her stay there as a species of exile.. In England she led a brilliant life, surrounded by lovers of art, literature and music, but among the people of tbe Dominion capital she finds none sufficiently cultivated to be congenial. It was not until the Queen had sternly refused to give her permission to remain at home that she sorrowfully began her westward journey. i ■ It is definitely determined to erect a monument to Prince Louis Napoleon in Westminster Abbey. The losses of the 1 farmers of the United Kingdom during 1879 are estimated at from £100,000,001 to £150,000,000. The refusal of the Government of Victoria, Australia, to modify the tariff for the benefit of persons intending to enter articles at the Melbourne exposition has caused many intending exhibitors in Europe to withdraw their applications for space. In a runaway accident at Ottawa, Canada, the other day, the Princess Louise, it to said, lost a jewel valued at <20,000. Twenty persons passed the greater part of the evening searching for It in the snow. On the 20th the House of Commons of the Dominion Legislature voted <IOO,OOO to the Irish Relief fund.

LATER. A Cabul dispatch, received in London on the 22d, says that General Roberta had sent letters to Mahomed Jans stating that the British would accept as a ruler of Cabul any Sirdar, with certain exceptions, which the assembled representatives of the Nation might choose, and inviting him to discuss the matter at Cabul. Six more soldiers, wounded by the explosion at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, died on the 22d. ( • A St. Petersburg dispatch of the 21st. says the news from the Interior of the Empire was heart-rending. Famine and diphtheria were decimating the population. • On the evening of the 21st the third contest for the Astley belt was completed, “ Blower ” Brown making the best score on record, walking 553 miles during the six days, beating Weston’s famous record by three miles. Ex-President Grant reached the City of Mexico on the evening .of the 21sL He was accorded a most cordial reception. Rev. Dr. Charles P. Bush, of New York City, Secretary of the American Board of Foreign Missions, died at Albany, N. T., on the 22d. ’ i . Prince Gortschakoff has issued a formal note to each of the European powers asking their co-operation in the arrest of Russian Nihilist refugees. The total value of imports into this country during the year 1879 was *513,745,748; during 1878, 1431,812,483. The value of domestic exports in 1879 was *754,656,755; value of exports in 1878, *720,023,238. Benjamin Brandreth, the wellknown pill manufacturer, died at Sing Sing, N. Y., a few days ago, aged seven-ty-one years. A Parnell meeting held at Detroit on the 22d is said to have been very enthusiastic. At its dose 11,000 was subscribed for the relief of the people of Ireland, and a much larger sum was taken in at the door. The San Francisco Board of Health has unanimously adopted a report from a committee declaring Chinatown to be a nuisance and calling on the authorities to promptly abate it. In that city on the 20th a warrant was issued for the arrest ofTlburcio Parrott, of the firm of Parrott A Co., on the charge of employing Chinese in the service of the Sulphur Bank Quicksilver Mining Company, of which Parrott is President The case was made up to test the constitutionality of the act recently passed by the Legislature prohibiting corporations from employing Chinese. A company with a capital stock of *30,000,000 has been formed in New York to build a railroad from Hoboken along the Hudson to Schenectady, thence along the Mohawk to Utica, and by way of Syracuse to Buffalo. The project is said to be In the interest of the Great Western Railway.