Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1880 — GENERAL TELEGRAMS. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Cincinnati, September 22-—By the failure ot the Williamson A Cantwell publishing company, the weekly religious newspaper, the Bur is the West, the organ of the Univerealist church, suspends publication. It was established in 1827, and has been published continuously ontil new. In its columns appeared some of the first published poems of Alice eml Pbebe Cary. David Bin ton to-day added a subscrip lion of 10,000 to the art museum association . The fund' now amounts to $250,000, leaving but $50,000 to be raised. . - j Nkw Bedford, Mass., Sept. 22—The members of the expedition, headed by Lieut. Frederick Sch waters, which sailed from New York, June 1,1878, for Baffin’s Bay and King William’s land, for the purpose of seeking further data upon tbe rate of Sir John Franklin, hare arrived him. Though the special object was the recovery of the records of the Franklin expedition, which, according to Esquimaux testimony, were known to exist at specified points, has not been qb tained, the explorers have nevertheles obtained many relics of the Franklin party, including the remains of Lieut. Irving. They have, moreover, carried ’ out to the letter the instructions of the oromoter of the expedition, to make it a geographical success. The longest sledge ride on record, both in regard to time-and space, has been achieved in the face of phenomenally cold weather and the deprivation ot customary food. Important rivers and roasts have been discovered, and serious errors of former charts have been corrected. The adventures of the Sckwataka expedition add pages of inter eat to the romance of Arctic explorations, and furnish all the world is ever likely to know of the fate of Sir John Franklin. The conduct ofCapt. Barry, of the Bother, in reference to supplies of food intended to' be depdsited for the expedition, is unaccountable and needs explanation. Tbe absence of these supplies on their return came near proving fatal to LieuteuantiSchwatara’s party. The result of the expedition has shown that it is feasible for white men to adapt themselves to the climate and life of the Esquimaux, and in prosecuting journeys in polar regions. They are not necceasarily restricted to any particular reason of the year for that purpose, but can travel at any time and in the same way which the natives travel.

Lafayette,, lud., Sept. 23.—The eleven tii annual state convention of tbe Young Men’s Christian Association of Indiana assembled in tbe First Presbyterian church of this city this evening. A large audience was present. An address of welcome was delivered by Rev. Alexander Blackburn, and responded to by W. H. Johnson, of Michigan City, president of the association. A large l umber of delegates . are present, also a □umber of permanent workers from othe'r states. The convention holds over Sunday. Indianapolis, Sept. 23.—The supreme court to-day overruled tbe petition for a rehearing in the care involving the validity of the constitutional amendments, the vote standing the same as it did in the original cases, Judges Niblack and Scott in fAvor of a rehearing, and Judges Biddle Worden and Hawk against.

London, Sept. 22. —One of the cabin passengers who lauded at Queenstown, from the City of Chester, says: As we approached Galley Head, Ireland, Wednesday, there was a thick haze. Tbe steam tug Mount Etna blew a warning whistle, or in two minutes more we might have been in the rocks. Our captain immediately ordered the steamer Brazilian to cast off the towing hawser, and haviDg all sad immediately ret on board the City of Chester, got her before the wind and made a good offing to the southward, thus avoiding a great disaster. When tbe Brazilian spoke the City of Cnester, at two o’clock Monday afternoon, the latu r was drifting in the trough of the sea, and two hawsers and a chain cable were broken in endeavoring lo tow her bead araund. Datton, Sept. 23.— The board of managers of Uc Nalional Soldiers’ Home completed their business at the Dayton home to-day and started for Milwaukee. They removed Gen. Brown, ol the Dayton borne, and appointed Gen. Patrick, of New York, in his place. Dr. Weaver, surgeon, was removed, and Dr. Stevens, of Eaton, Ohib, appointed. No charges are made against the gentlemen removed. Colonel Brown has been appointed general of tbe Homes. It is understood there was a tight in the board against any changes, and no more will be made at present. The Board adjourned to meet in three months at Washington. General Sharpe, of New York, is to be appointed governor of the Milwaukee Home.

Columbus, 0., Bept- 23. —The pickets at Cterning were fired upon byjlhe strikers last night and the fire returned, but as far as can be learned no one was injured. It is said most of the miners living at Corning would return to work at the pending scale of prices but for fear of vengeance from their associates in the miners’ union. At the suggestion ot the sheriff of Perry county, tbe New Lexington guards, who had a skirmish on Sunday last, were today relieved from dqty and ordered home. Tho other two militia companies will remain on duty for the present. The miners held a secret meeting at Straltsville to-day, but nothing as to their conclusion has been made public.

Detroit, September 23.—An accidental explosion of three hundred pounds of Hercules powder and nitro-glvcerine took place this morning at Lime Kiln Qraasng~Ta shoal in the Detroit river, about twenty miles below this city, where the government is engaged in extensive blasting to remove a dangerous lodge tMS Tne explosive materials were on a scow moored over the shoals. This of course was blown to atoms. The shock was felt miles away. Several workmen engaged near the vicinity were cut by flying splitera, but none were seriously hurt. The boiler in Loose A Son’s fruit drying house, at Monroe, exploded with terrific violence this morning, killing Henry Obrein, engineer Loonard, Martin Cutler, and. a boy named Chabenaw, and wounding more or lees seriously nine others. There were at the time thirty persons around the building, which was demolished.

Nsw York, Sept 24— The Herald pub liabes a letter of its correspondent who accompanied the Schwalaka expedition to King William’s land. The story refers mere particularly to the incidents ot the great sledge journey. This is supplemented, however, by the discovery of relics and the examination of a native witness, which leads to the sad conclusion that the fate of the officers and crews of Erefut and Terror was terrible evsa to the utmost limit of imagination, and that tne records of the Franklin expedition are lost beyond recovery. Old men and women or Esquimaux tell the story of those who were doubtless the last survivors of these unfortunate vessels with minuteness of detail and evident truthfulness, which place beyond a doubt what has become of their great leader. Of the largo number of men who constituted the crews nothing could be discovered. Only a email party of officers, black about the mouth, with bo flesh or their bones, is seen dragging a boat across the ice, and then they disappear and nothing is seen of them until their skeletons are found under their boats and in their tent, a prey to ' wild beasts, and with the dreadful evidences that they bad been driven to feed on the weaker of their companions before flnallv yielding to starration, which the discoveries of this

expedition has led to. That the records of Franklin’s expedition were with the party is also painfully evident from the testimony of the natives who naturally considered them of no importance, and by whom they were allowed to be around as playthings for ehildren and eventually destroyed. St. Louis, Sept 24 —The Post-Dispatch special from Terre Haute says: The west bound passenger train from Indianapolis on the Vandalia road collided ,4 with an east bound freight on the trestle ffrty feet high, over Plain Creek, nine miles west of Terre Hante, at 4:20 this morning. Both locomotives went down with a terrible crash, carrying with them engineer Oscar Rankin and fireman Wm. Saunders, of tbe passenger train, killing them instantly: Engineer James Watson and his fireman, of the freight, jumped as soon as they saw the passenger train, and escaped with alight injuries. Two postal cars were thrown from the trestle and mashed to splinters but, of the sixteen men In them one A. D. Dililham, of Indianapolis, was hart, he having a leg broken and was otherwise Injured. The other cars of the train remained on the trestle, and none of the passengers were hurt Engineer Watson of tbe freight train had an arm broken, and Lyman Booth, his fireman, compound fracture of the leg. Eight freight cars laden with wheat were smashed and the grain scattered about A wrecking train” was sent from Terre Haute early this morning with physicians, and the killed and wounded removed to that place. Panama, Sept. 24. —The Peruvians are actively engaged in drilling and organizing their army for the protection of Lima and in fortifying. Even the Ch.nese are going in with universal enthusiasm and the nucleus of a celestial guard has already been formed of the richest Chinamen in the capita], and compose some 600 men of the best Chinese society. The mission of Mr. Christiancy, American minister to Peru, to the south, turns out now not to be one of peace, but for. the purpose of presenting certain claims to Chiii for damage caused to American property during the war. At Valparaiso, August 13, as the steamer with the mail was leaving port, a severe shock of earthquakewas experienced which is supposed to have caused considerable damage. It- was reported at Coqtfinbd that the town of Illapel in the interior, had been destroyed by the shock and some two hundred persons killed. It is said the Chillians again'bombarded Callao August 31. A side wheel ocean steamer is reported ashore on the Atlantic coast near Carthagena. Her name not known, but it is supposed to be one of tbe cattle steamers running between Colombia and Cuba.

Columbus, 0., September 23.—A special telegram to the Daily Dispatch from Corning says the saloon-keepers there have been notified by miners from Straitsvillc and Shawnee to close their bars today and to-morrow. This is taken as an indication that the miners are contemplating a further attack upon the troops. The miners complain that the drunkencss of some of their men on Sunday last interfered with their plans. A large meeting of miners is now being held near Corning. Columbus, Bept. 24.—There have been many wild rumors to-day of hundreds of armed miners concentrating at Corning, and fears have been expressed that the "town would be burned, but at ten o’clock to-night private dispatches were received here that all was quiet there, and that the New Lexington guards had been ordered home. a

Bayonne, N. J., September 23.— The trouDle between the Standard oil company and the New Jersey Central railroad continues. The railroad bridge at Centerville is still held by the Standard company’s men, and was the scene of riotous demonstrations last night Mayor Lane, tearing a collision to-day, swore in one hundred special policemen, and it is alleged by tbe Central railroad people that all have been selected from the works of the oil company. Standard men, it is ■aid. to the number of several hundred, are encamped near tne bridge. Another man is reported shot. The man who shot Cadmus is still at large. Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 24.—A contract was entered into to-day securing the conBtruction of the Gulf, Colorado and. Santa Fe railroad to this place. Work begins in a few days. Assurances are giveu that the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road will be expended here, making it tbo railroad center of North Texas. Three of the longest lines in the southwest will form a junction here and machine shops will be constructed. .The city paid $75,000 to secure the road. The money was raised in three days,

Dublin, Sept 24.—A rumor that the government intends to prosecute members of the land league for participating in meetings, was considered at a private meeting of Irish members to-day. The meeting resolved that in the event of prosecution or arrests of members, the entire active section of the parliamentary party shall be summoned to Ireland to co-operate still more vigorously with the local leaders. Natchez, Miss., Sept. 24—The steamer Florence Meyer, from a snag about 3 o’clock this morning at Bullitt’a bayou, twelve miles aoove Natchez, and sunk to the hurricane roof. It is thought she will break iu two. One cabin passenger, the second pantryman and two roosters were drowned. Their names were not ascertained. The boat and cargo are a total loss. The books and papers were saved. .

Philadelphia, Sept 26—“ Revealed religion in its relation to science and philosophy,” formed the topic of discussion in all papers read iu to-day’s session of,the Pan-Presbyterian council. ' After "the Usual devotional exercises, HeDry Calderwood, L L. D.,ot Edinburg, readja paper on the .subject ot “Relations of science and theology,” during which the author briefly and severally reviewed the distinctive anti theologicial peculiaritiaa of the writings of Tyndall and Hnxley. This paper was followed by one by Dr. McCaeh, president of Princeton College* New Jersey. Owing to restricted time, Dr. McCash was able to read only a portion of his paper, epitomizing in the brief cat manner the passable grett bulk of its contents, which, according to the title of the paper, deal $ with the question of “How to deal with young men trained in science in this age of unsettled opinion.” Hon. Horace Maynard presided at the afternoon session. Before the re aruliur business was taken up, a resolution “was adopted providing for the appointment of a committee to consider ana report upon &t the next council of all applications for membership in the alliance. Hon. Horace Day then moved that the committee to be appointed have power to pass upon applications for admission to the present council. He remarked that the applies tioDS of the Cumberland Presbyterian church for admission to membership had been rejected, although that church represented one hundred aad thirty thousand people who are strictly Presbyterian iu their doctrine, except the nine sections relatingto predestination. Mr. Day asked how many of the churches represented in the council believe in those articles, and added that if the Westminster catechism was to be writtgfi to-morrow*, he believed that a majority of the churches would favor the omission of a great deal now in it. This remark elicited a chorus of such cries as •’Order,” “order,” “no.” etc. After a warm discussion Mr. Day’s motion was adopted. The order of the day was a paper on “Apologetics," by Rev. Ed De Puaeener, Da D., of Paris, but as that gentleman was absent and the paper he had written was

in French, it wss referred to the publication committee. Prot Flint read a paper, “ Agnasticism.” Briefly pat, his definition of agnasticism wss thst the spirit which challenges, but which refuses to be convinced by evidence. “We live,” he said, “in an age when a large number of people insist on boiag guided in. their religions matters by the exercise of their prlvste judgement, when, unfortunately, they have very little judgment to exercise. We live S Critical, analytical age. Numbers axe apt. to adopt agnastic views and support them by what they term critical methods.” In the special opinion the only method by which agnasticism can be met in a way that will Mlve permanent effect, is by oppesing to its narrow spirit piety, to its plausible hypothesis conclusions drawn from all cases of revel&nt fact; in sword, by a sound, thorough, intelligent and biblical scholarship. Prof. Flint said be had great faith in the Calvins, and believed tn the doctrine of the Westminster catechism but he utterly repudiated the notion, and, one that was largely causetnl of agnasticism, that the study of theology came to an end with the production of that catechhm. In conclusion. Prof. Flint saw that each individaul could, Ly the beauties ot a sincere, virtuous, Christian life, present against agpasticism a more powerful argument than could possibly be put into words. A formal greeting from the Methodist ministers of Philadelphia was read, and a resolution acknowledging its receipt was adopted by the council, which then adjourned.

London, Sept. 25.—Tbe Times, commenting on Lieut. Schwataka’s expedition, says the veteran explorer, whose let ter wo publish, express la natural regret that Lieut. Schwatakafs success should not have been won by her owa countrymen. But Englishmen may rejoice tb&t in the long ana glorious chronicle of these expeditious, their kinsmen of the great American republic share no unequal space with themselves. Wooster, 0., Sep. 25. —8. Manee, traveling agent for a New York cigar house, suicided by hanging, some time during the day, at the Central hotel, this city, today . He was iound this evening and had probably been dead about ten hours. He had been stopping here about three weeks, sick, and while iu a fit of despondency committed the act. He was the originator of the celebrated “E. B. Mcigar. Washington, D. C., Sept 25.—For week ending to-dAy, there has been 630,992 standard silver dollars distributed, against 297,489 for tbo corresponding period in 1879.

Captain Howgate has received the following telegram from Lieut. Doane r who went out in command of the exploring party in the Guluare: “St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 25. —To Capt. W. H. Howgate: The Gulnare returned last evening. Lost one boat and all deck load in a gale on the 3d of August.”