Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1880 — GENERAL TELEGRAMS. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Pmancßon, July 'The indspendent people’s labor convention assembled In sltaron, ye ju-rday. for the nurpoce of arinrting candldatSa for president sod vice-president of the United States. W. H Taylor, chairman of the national committee, called the convention to order. After a brief address, the etoctioc of permanent officer* was held, resalting in the selection, for chairman, of B. Smith, of Virginia; atcrtiary, John L. Jones of Pittsburgh. The chair appointed J. B Rogers, of Indiana; K Verhany, of Connecticut; R Sullivan, of lowa, a committee oo president They reported fifteen states represented. each stats being entitled to fifteen votes Oi motion of Mr. Jones, of New York, the convention went into nominations Mr. Taylor, of Cleveland, presented the name of Jaaaea A Garfield; seconded by Mr Perkins, of Ohio. Mr. Jones, of New York, presented the name of General Hancock; seconded by Mr Johnson, of lown. Mr Linden, of Maine, presented ths nasse of General Weaver; Mr dpalding, of West Virginia, seconded it The ballot was as follows- Colorado, Ga-field 8. Hancock 7; Connecticut, Weaver 5, Garfield 10 Virginia, Haocook 15; Illinois. Garfield IS, W< aver 3; Indiana, Garfield 15; lowa, Hanooc < 2, Garfield 15; Michigan, Garfield 19, Hancock 1, Wearer 3: Maryland, Hancock 9, Garfield • ; Maine, Hancock 1, Garfield 8, Weaver If; New Jersey, Garfield 5, *' eaver 2; Hancock 10; Keatuckv.Hanoock ULGarfield 8; Pennsylvania, Garfield 10, Hanco'k 8, Weaver 8; West Virginia, Hancock 10, Garfield 5; New York, Garfield 10, Hancock 5; Ohio, Garfield IQ. Total rote cast, 835. General Garfield receiving 35 majority, over’all, his nomination waa then made unanimous. General Arthur waa then nominated for vice-president by acclamation, alter which the convention .adiourned a.fid xreat enthusiasm.

Nnw Youx, Judy 39.-8. M. Bran scorn, of Jacksonville, Fla., was to-day committed to the toombs on a charge of the forgery of 8187,000 of sanitary Improvement bonds or Jacksonville, Fla. The bonds sere lithographed here, on what purported to be a genuine order from the mayor of the above named city. The seals were cut 4 by two different firm., and after completing the impression on the bonds. Bran scorn carried the plates on board a Fulton ferry boat and threw them overboard. He hiied a boy to write the signature of A. J. Baldwin, chairman, to a large number of the bonds, and it waa through him the scheme became known. Other sign at urea were written in by various persona The in ten • tention was to put these bogus documents as collaterals for borrowed money with which to move the orange crop. He had made partial irrangAinent* to this effect, and about $35,000 of the bonds are in the hands of merchants, innocently betrayed into aiding bis scheme. Lohdom, July 99.—1 n the house of commons this evening, Sir Charles Dilke, under foreign secretary confirmed the ac curacy of the published accounts of the ported reply to the collective note of the powers Tne Marquis of Hartington, secretary for India, said the government had decided to dispatch reinforcements to India immediately. The khan of Khelot, he said, had offered guna and other assistance. In the house of lords, this evening, Had Granville, foreign secretary, r* plying to the inquiry, said communications have passed between Queen Victoria and the sultan of Turkey, with the knowledge and consent of the government. It waa unusual to present such communication* to parliament, but the queen had, in very cordial terms expressed the hope that the sultan would, even at some sacrifice, accede to the wishes of Europe

Los Pmos, Col., July 99.—'The commissioners held a council, yesterday. The Indians still decline to sign the treaty in its present form. Objections were raised at toe last meeting to their removal to the junction, of the Gunnison and Grand riven, <hi accou t ot the poor soil in that locality. An opportunity was offered for the chiefs and head men to come forward and sign the treaty, but not a single Indian accepted the invitation. The com. miasioners will brook no further delay, sou have given the Utes until to-morrow to decide what course they will pursue. Bcmu), July 99.—The fire which broke out at u<x>n to-day, in the planing mill of J. F. DeWitt, on the south side of the creek. Is now under control. It proved to be one of the most disastrous whice has occurred in this section for a number of years, and the most rapid and damaging in its extent, covering an area of a quarter of a mile in length and about 500 feet in width, burning and destroying property to the value of $395,000, on which there is an insurance of $196,000.

Dewitt’s planing mill, which was one ol the largest In the country, being 800x180 teet, was totally destroyed in ten minutes. Bo rapid was the progress ot the lames, there was no time to close the office sate, which, together with the enntenta was destroyed. The flames next burned Searles and Brttnmngs' and O. T. Wilson’s planiag mills, toe immense lumber pure of D. 0. White 4 00., i.nd Benson 4 Lock, and B. Mills 4 Oo.'sship yard. Oapt Frank Perew’s floating elevator, which was lying on the opposite side of the creek from Dewitt’s planing mill, next tell a victim, being totally destroyed. By the exertions of the employes cf the Union dry dock, formed into a bucset brigade, their valuable prapeaty, together with W. R. Burt’s ship yards adjoining, were saved. London, July 99.—The news of the defeat of General Burrows, in Afghanistan, causes immense excitement here and elsewhere. A Bombay dispatch says the news ot the disaster was brought to Oandahar by thirty Indian horsemen, who had ridden for their lives. Great anxiety is felt concerning the garrison of Khelatigilsai, consisting ot four guna a squadron of the third acinde horse, two comCies of the sixty sixth regiment, the th regiment of Bombay native infant, ry, aad one company of the twenty-sixth regiment of Bombay native infantry. The same dispatch says that' two guns were lost. This leaves ground for the hope that a portion ot Barrows’ force was enabled to escape with the other four guna Shortly after midnight a telegram was received at the Indian office, from the Viceroy, informing the government of the arraneemeats for the dispatch of troops from Quetta sod Bombay. Nothing definite is yet known of the atta;k on Gereral Burrow*' forte. It ia reported that the government has decided to send oat reinforcements to India The news of the disaster in Afghahistan has caused the deepest sorrow and consternation at Dublin. So profound an Impression bas not been produced on the public mind since the first battle of the Crimea

The news has caused excitement in toe house ot commons The marquis of Hartingto.n secretary of state forjlndla, is expected to make further statements toStandard sqys one distinct sad fixed j point ia that our supremacy must be signally and effectively vindicated and the crushing disaster avenged in sight ot Afghanistan and Tiwlta * It ta not known whether Gen. Burrows himself is saved. The queen waa immediately telegraphed on the receipt ol the news and all the ministers had an Informal conference. The date of the attack la not given, but toe military authorities believe it took flag* on Saturday last The TTmea. in a financial article, says the disaster depressed the eastern changes and weakened Indian sureties.

new* from Candahai |>«» caused immense excitement and cob ■tern at ion throughout India. It has been regarded so certain that Gen. BninfhUr force was perfectly capable of opporing Ayoob Khan’a irregulars that no shadow cfanxiety was ffelt for his safety. He nevteeroy su junooed his council in haste, the instant the n»w» of the disaster arrived, sod although some hope was expressed that the report of losses had been exaggerated there is nothing in the latest news at hand to or courage the hope that any considerable body of infantry has escaped The chief anxiety at present is for Oandabar. The lorn ofth s city would be a terrible Mow to ns and a frightful misfortune to tiie inhabitants, a* the city would certainly be devastated by Ayob Khan's troops. From Cabal we learn complications are already arising at Ghnsnee, and there can be no doubt that the defeat will exercise an immense effect on the situation at Cabal. It is considered certain that Ayoob Khan's attitude will modify the re solution to leave Abdurrahman Khan to establish himself, aided only by money, aad that the evacuation must be delayed The opinion ia unanimous as to the abac lute necessity of a com plot j vindication ot our arms

) Lohdqx, July 99.—The following dispatch has been received from the governor of Bombay: “General Phayre, replying to a telegram asking for all the par ticalan of tne dieeatcr, telegraphs from Qusttaro treday, as follow*: ’The following are the notes of a conversation held yesterday with General Primrose before the wire* were cut: General Primrose said: lam anxious to see yon coming with as lam a force aa you can. Small parties of General Burrow*' force are constantly arriving. It would appear that they- were only purkhed th ee or four miles. 1 have not yet ascertained the loeeae. bat fear they are severe. I have sent out men to sestet the straggler*. The enemy ere veer strong Ip artillery. They have thirty-five guns, which they work well. General Burrow* and the Wall (Shere All) are all right. The latter has reached Oandahar. Dr. Harvey says only two guns were lost The others are coming in' ’’ Here follows a list of eight British officers killed aad five' wounded. “Nine officer* arrived safely at Candahar. This is all we know.”

The St. James Gazette says: The news to-day from Afghanistan shows that yesterday’s telegrams were exaggerated. General Burrows' defeat at Candahar ought to be perfectly safe. It was successfully defended in the old Afghan war by & force Inferior to General Primrose’s, against a night attack by 80,000 Afghans. The Pall Mall Gasette, in a leading editorlal artic.e says: The disaster at Candahar would be half compensated If it awakes the country to a determination to come out of Afghan, bag and baggyge; have nothing to do with Oandahar ana as little as possible with Cabul; to abandon that imposture called a “Scientific fron tier,” and place ouraelvea, at the earliest possible moment, in a position to profit from the monstrous Afghan blunder of our day, as we look back upon the monstrous Afghan blunder of a generation

ago. ■ Earl Granville stated in the house of lords, to-day, that Gen. Phayre is at Cham an Choki and communication is cut between him and Gen. Primrose. Gen. Phayre says Primrose's ouly fears are the scarcity or water. A dispatch from Simla says Gen. Primrose’s last message stated that the report of the disaster was exaggerated, but the loss was severe. Reinforcements were already on the way, when the defeat occurred. Generals Sandiman and Phayre are already marching on Oandahar, and two or more regime >ts should have reached Candahar by this time. Two strong brigades, with artillery and cavalry, will be sent from India. BaurufOßß, July 80.—The schooner George Washington, Capt. Oziaa M. Parsons, arrived at this port. Tuesday, from Jamaica, and wits duly entered at tne costom house and merchants’ exchange Capt Parsons made no entry at the cus tom house or exchange ot his vessel having been boa (tied and searched by a Spanish cruiser. jYesterday, however, the captain m-ide affidavit, stating that, “July sth, about 11 o’clock, when off Cape May si, at the eastern point of Cuba, and about fifteen miles from shore, I saw, with the aid of my glasses, the smoke of a steamer, apparently lying off the Cuban coast, about ten miles distant from me. In a few moments after I first made him out he altered his course and steamed tor us, as though to cross our bow When he had come within three miles he again changed his course and went to windward of us across our stern, about one aad a half miles off. Wh en I saw he was making for us, I ordered my colors to be run up to the topmast truck. Up to this time the stranger, whom I made out to be a man-ot-war, had shown no colors. After crossing our stern, he kept off parallel with us until he got abreast of us, when he set the Spanish flag and pennant at the same time. He wse then within hailing distance, and 1 could see his -port* were open and irons manned, one forward and one aft. This was about one o’clock in the day. He then steamed ahead obont a quarter of a mile, stopped, lowered a boat, and pat off for as. Seeing his purpose, I then ordered my schooner hove to, and went to the rail to receive him. As the boat came along side I saw it contained two officers and tea men. The « ffleers carried tbeir swords and the men their bayonets in their sheaths, and had their muskets piled up in the bottom ol the boat The officers came on board accompanied by the cox swalm As they came aboard the commanding officer beckoned me toward* the cabin, and by signs gave me to understand he wanted to see my papers. We then went dow t into the cabin and I handed him my papers and as I did so asked him in English, whether he could read them. At fleet he said, “Oui,” “Oui,” and afterwards in English, “Yes.” I then asked him if he could speak English, and he replied, “Very tittle.” In the mean, while the second "Officer, by direction of his superior effleer, had gone into the holi, and after remaining there about ten minutfe joined us in the cabin. After he had finished reading the paper* and appeared satisfied that they were all right, he gave them back to me and we went on deck again. The commanding officer then directed the officer to make another inspection of oar hold, which only con tained a few barrels of floor, which were among my stores. He was goes on this inspection ten minutes mors. I asked him by what anth( rity l was <hns boarded and my vessel searched,bat be made no answer that I could understand. The two officers then conferred together for some minutes, but as they talked Spanish, £ was unable to understand what they said. Finally they went forward, as if deliberating whether to go down te the forecastle or not. Then turning around, the superior officer said to me in pertectly plain English, “How many men have you ?” I replied that I had five and called them up so he could satisfy himself about it. He then waved his hand in the direction of the coast ot Hayti, which bore about southeast from ns and without a word of explanation whatever or actofieni* tisey, re-entered bis lancch and put back to me steamer, after having been on our -boat about three-fourths or an hour. The captain say* that Urn steamer carried four gnus. . Lovdoit, July 90.—1 n the house of commons, this evening. the Marquis of Darting ton, secretary of state for India, read a telegram from the viceroy, of to-day’s date, which says: “General Sandiman has sent me to obtain information concerning tire Candahar affhlr, but the country from

anode Cham arch ski, along the line es doimnunlcation. They . bare been attacked by the native tribes, hut are holding their own. Assistance native*report say* General Burrows’flgat was severe, both sides losing.heavily. Several trfbss are reported as collecting along the Balaa route, hot the fosees in Queitah aad Pishen are strong enough to cAeck them. General Phayre has not yet been able to advance, aad will awah sufficient reinforcements to prevent the possibility of further reverses. Loir non, July SO.—lt is stated that arrangements have been made for the dispatch of fonr cr five thousand troops to Afghanistan from England within a few days and that the military authorities are prepared to supply from England, within the next fortnight 19,080 troops of all anna The admlrslity has signified to the war department its readiness to provide transportation for 90,000 man within three week*. The India troop ships Crocodile and Barapis are undergoing repairs aad are therefore not available for service this season. Gea. Sir Garnet Wplsiey came to Lfindoh yerterday, from foe Isle of Wight, after hearing the news of the disaster st Candahar. A telegram was received at the Indian offioe, from the viceroy of India, last night, dated the 99th inst, which risers to the dispatch of reinforcements from various parts of India. It s&Td a battery of hone artillery at Knrrachee has been ordered on Candahar. The First Madras cavalry Is en route, aad the Eleventh foot at Balan and the Fifteenth foot at Kurrachee have been ordered forward. General Phayre will receive a battery aad a European regiment from Punfaub. His field oolumn will master three batteries, nine squadrons and three British and roar native bouillons. He expects to be ready in 15 days. Oandahar is provisioned to the end of October.