Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1882 — WEEKLY HEWS REVIEW. [ARTICLE]

WEEKLY HEWS REVIEW.

THE EAST. Thk oil panic in Pennsylvania has led to the direst results. Hundreds of persons in all classes of business have been utterly ruined and many have been rendered insane over their losses.... John Devoy, editor of the Irish Nation, has been committed to the Tombs in New York for thirty days, for refusing to divulge the name of the chief of the revolutionary party who gave him charge of the skirmishing fund Two negroes and two white men were caught in Philadelphia with the corpses of live colored persons, which were being taken from Lebanon Cemetery to Jefferson Medical College. Crowds of negroes blockaded the street with the intention of lynching the offenders, but the police retained their prisoners in default of #5,000 bail each. ... .Another of Arnotffs mills in Philadelphia, occupied by several woolen and cotton manufacturers, was burned last week, causing a loss of $130,000. Joe Coburn, the pugilist, has been released from the penitentiary at Sing Sing, N. Y. He was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for shooting two policemen. He was granted a rebate of 33 per cent for good behavior, and Gov. Cornell commuted nine months of the term. Interments in the free colored cemetery at Harrisburg, Pa, have been made so carelessly that many bodies are exposed to the air, and dogs have been feeding on the unooflihed dead for many years.*... .Tfid bnilding 307 to 311 Canal street, New York,occupied by the Manhattan Suit and Cloak Company and Powers A Co., was damaged $70,000 by fixe. The indiscretions of Mrs. Langtry seem to be the chief topic of conversation along the Atlantic seaboard Fred Geh-, hardt, the wealthy young New Yorker who followed her to Boston, and has been so much lm'hef company, is understood to have been driven awav from the theater by Manager Stetson. Mrs. Langtry suffered an attack of nervous prostration while playing In Boston, and was quite ill

>•<***,. • | . .7' GvhridJory faSlefi to indidt John A. Cockerill, tbeSt Louis editor, tor the murder of Alonzo Vs. Playback. This is a complete exoneration for as under the statutes the Grand Jury is bound to indict, even if there is only a probable cause. f * t|e w iust. was |jenqpa#% o|jfci»6ut the, Northwest, and was, <*pe!ailyiKsv(*e in Northorn Kansas and Southern Nebraska It assumed the proportions of a “blizzard" in some sectiona . .”1. The widow fit CoL Hlaybaak, of St Louis, has brought sidh agalnst/CpL flookerill for $5,y00 damage*, fiy killing hofckfcsband. At ft Mexican feast at Saballo, a small Moxicfei town negr Las Vegas, M. M., Francisco No tan, a drunken guest, shot and killed two brothers named Koval,, Notan then proceeded to his home, where he amused himself br cutting hfar wife’s ears off. {The scoundrel was afterward arrested and confined In fall ; r Thb works of the Saginaw (Mich.) Barrel Company, together with dry kilns, drill house, saw mill, a quantity of product a»d 2,000,000 feet of lumber, were consumed Th» loss is placed at #175,000.,’... The Denver , Firb Insurance Company, which Was organized in 1881) with a capital of #1,000,000, has collapsgjJ. 'CUE Marietta an<l Cincinnati railroad, having 255 miles of track, was sold to Robqrt Garret)* of Baltimore, the only bidder, for #4,375,00^ . ; THE SOUTH, The a horrible and unnatuural crime, ibaohes us from Manleyville, Tenn. A young man named Forest, in a quarrel with his mother, knocked out her ‘ brains with an ax. His crippled grandfather interfered, and Forest also beat his brains out Both were loft dead. The murderer was arrested. The Santa Rosa ranch, in Cameron A eOunty, Texps, comprising #O,OOO acres of laud and 50,000 cattle; has changed hands at #140,00(1... The steamer Morning Star exploded her boiler near New Orleans. Tliree persons were killed, eight drowned and six badly seeded. A rJutGE portion" of. the business section of Covington, Tenn, including the Record office, was destroyed by fire. The loss is about #50,000. tff-N, Sippi Burbank, a retired officer of the tlnited States army, died at Newport, tfy. Rtf was an officer in the Blackhawk and Seminole wars, and served in the Army of the Potomac..... The Wilev block of business houses at Columbia, a C., was almost totally consumed, entailing a loss of #00,000.....E1even convicts at work on the Little Rock penitentiary disarmed a guard and escaped They killed three out of u number of bloodhounds sent in pursuit. The authorities of Louisville have got traces or on embezzlement In 1879 amount - ing to about #IOO,OOO. Those implicated arc the former Tax Collector and late Deputy Assessor.

WASHINGTON. , Rev. Ricks , pastor of the Tabernacle at Washington, and spiritual adviser of Guiteau, caused considerable excitement by a Sunday Rcrmmvin which lie said; “If there is a hell I am willing to be damued for believing that there is not such a place, nnd I hay it here in this temple of worship and under the mantle of a minister of God.” Charles W. dissbee, of Michigan, Reading Clerk of the House, resigned on account t>f failing health. John 8. Kenyon, of New Xmk-.Wfl B appointed ffis sqqpessor. Attordey?*tU«rarßrewater has dmdpd that the , apieptanoe by national batokri- of checks in excess of the amount actually on deposit is In violation of the laws of 18C9 and 1882. JcuGE Wylie, of the District of Cotembia Court, was exceedingly severe upon the sensational glass of newspapers in his charge to the Grand Jury the other day. He soia: Newspapers were constantly containing scandaloyslibelsonpublio men and on! private character. That was a species of offense thg# freatad prior* unhappiness and musay ’in -society ’and (fid more iniustiue than any. other form of odical newspapers bfd among thegn more

than the usual proportion of liars. They were paid for Iving. The more sensational the lie was, and the more calculated it was to blast the peace of families, and the spicier it was the more the paper would sell, and the newspaper , men would laugh in derision at anybody who undertook to talk to them seriously on the injustice of a thing of that kind He knew there were men of integrity and honesty connected with newspapers, who entertained and cherished honorable and Christian sentiments, and he thought, as a whole, there was an improvement going on in that' respect If the public would cease to patronize such papers as he alluded to, such a low vice and crime would soon die out In the Criminal Court at Washington, CoL Ingersoll submitted a motion for the continuance of the case of Brady, Dorsey and others, on the ground of the illness of Dorsey. A long affidavit signed by all the defendants was read, setting out that they could not safely go to the trial at - the present term, because of the acts of officers of the Government in endeavoring to influence opinion against them, and to intinfldate and coerce witnesses, jurors and officers of tne court, reciting the arrest of Dickson, the removal from office of Henry, Ainger et aL, for the avowed reason that they were in sympathy with the defendants, and expressing the belief that in the selection of talesmen influences prejudicial to the defendants were set at work, and that the appointment of McMichaeL, as Marshal, was part of that scheme. The affidavit also claimed that Judge Wylie was so biased and prejudiced against the defendants that he could not fairly and impartially administer the law, and concluded by requesting a continuance of the case to the next term. Judge Wylie pronounoed the paper an insult to the court, and promptly overruled the motion. Ex-Delegate Cannon, of Utah, who is in Washington, says that the polygamists do not feel bitter toward the Government They think, however, that they have been unjustly treated, and are misunderstood by the people of the East He Bays the monogamists expected that the Edmunds bill would disfranchise the polygamists, end ore disgusted in consequence of the misconception.

Secretary Fol Ger has ordered'the cancellation of bonds to the amount of $950,000, bequeathed to the Government by the late Joseph L. Lewis, of New York. The United States Railroad Commissioner reports favorably on the condition and prospects of the land-grant and bonded roads, and notes many improvements in -the post year. Important suggestions arc made touching discriminations, wars about rates and the fundiiig of bahds, and thepommissioner recommends the adoption pf a uniform system of signals. • f V Y In his annnal report the Coimh’sslonfcf of Pensions recommends the remodeling of pensions -according to rflimblliby rather than rank. j#t present grades of pensiona* The Commissioner fegretf.the snot that no enumeration ’fef tho pension populatioiL. was Ynode iif tne last census,, nut in apjßrukiuiatian nhows that put of 3,063.3 fl soldfen enlisted in. the war of file rebellion, only 20 per cent have apr piled for pensiona , v. GENERAL. ♦ . ! At if meeting of the, .Western Iron dKfeociafion at Pittsburgh the trad# was reported to be In a fair condition, and prefers had accumulated since the reduotioi in prices. The report of the Tariff Commission was discussed, the iron manufacturers opposing certain recommendations, particularly the reduction on scrap, while the stfcel men expressed great dissatisfaction at the finding of the commission touching their product. 1 ' "* ' • From Mexico comes intelligence ;of a terrible Indian massacre. A band .of Apoohes, numbering SQO, crossed the border, descended upon the little town of Citsa ‘irnnde, in Chihuahua, and began indiscriminate massacro, fully seventy-five persons tailing victims. Several girls and wonJcn were carried off by the ravages. A laijge quantity of stock and other property %\Jas ‘tolcn. The .houses of the unfortunate Mexicans were burned, dead bodies stripped ,of moil clothing and jewelry. The murdetjed persons were among the wealthiest clue*, «everal of the most-prominent families being among the victims.

Five murderers were sent into eternity by the public executioner on Friday, Dec. s. Will Porter, white, at Perry. Go.; Ed Congers, colored, at Bwainsboro, Ga; Gustav Paul, white, at Donaldsonville, La; Albert Sanders, colored, at Charleston, Mo.; and Hong Ah Dock, Mongolian, at San Rafael, CoL Tom Robinson and Bell Cephas, both white, and a npgro named Wesley, were hangail by nr mob at Bastrop, La . . . At the entrance of Stretcher’S Neck tunnq], twenty-two miles west of Iluntou, W. Va. a collision botwepn a freight and a passenger train resulted In the. killing of three persons and the serious injury of five others.... The failures reported to. the mercantile agencies for the weqk ending Deo. 9 riumbereal-Otf, beingthe largest of any period during the year. j Montreal has suffered an irreparable loss by the death of Sir Hugh Allan. Re came there from Scotland when' 14 years of age,and acquired a fortune estimated at $i5,<XX),<XX>. He was President of one of the largest Canadian banks and of twenty-two other corporations, and gave each his personal attention. He was engaged to be married to a lady in Quebec as his second wife He leavos eight daughters and four sons. POLITIC AX. The Governor of Louisiana has given William Pitt Kellogg a certificate of election to Congress from the Third district.. M. C. Butler has been re-elected as Senator from South Carolina. FOREIGN. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait, is dead. He was born In Edinburgh In 1811.... Beford the court-martial at Cairo, Arab! Pasha pleaded guilty to the charge of rebellion. A sentence of death was pronounced, which: the Khedive commuted to imprisonment for* life. It is believed that the fallen chieftain will find a home on British 50i1..,. Biddulph, Wood A Jevons, iron and tin plate merchants of Liverpool, have suspended, with li&billof #750,00« The agents of the Socialists and In-, ternationallsts are very active In sowing the seeds of discord among the working classes in Spain. In France the revival of business has given employment to discontented working pdbplA and -the Anarchist conspiracy if wogfesjdng backward.... Relative to - The report that the United States Government contemplates making a claim against France in regard to the murdezwf two Jttnericaticitizensin Madagascar, thdjParis MfolteurjUniversal publishes an ilftultin* inrticlaj declaring the American n*y is s«Jbduce| % peculation that the Iteiftd was lefntly obliged to backi JpJm yace, it says, Rrha wtTOs a letter thatifcing England for her interposition In his behalf-

He says that he would prefer to live in Damascus, or, if that Is impossible. In London. He expresses oontwntment with his lot, because he knows his misfortune has been the means of securing for the country he loves the liberty and prosperity.it deserves He feels confident that when England carries out her good work she will permit him to return. She will soon learn ne was no rebel when he set himself at the head of the people, who wanted nothing but justice.... von Flotow, the composer, has become blind from cataract of the eye.... Louis Blanc, a distinguished journalist of Paris, died at Cannes.... The permanent Presidency of the Debt Commission, which in future will have control of the Egyptian revenues, has been offered to France by the British Government Premier Dncierc has rsfnsed the proffered gift, believing that the duties of tne office Bhoold be performed with impartiality. Great Britain has been reveling in the severest snow-storm known for years Telegraphic and rail communication was greatly retarded, and in some sections was entirely suspended Numerous shipwrecks occurred on the coast, and the loss to all descriptions of property was verv great A Cairo dispatch says that Mahomed and Abelloh Pashas, All Fehiny and Toulba Pasha were arraigned andpleaded guilty to the charge of rebellion. Tne prisoners were sentenced to death, but their sentences were commuted to exile for life by the Khedive. A sentence of exile was also passed against Mahomoud Fehmy, Arabi’s military engineer, and Kakoek Sarny, his Under Secretary of Waf.....Many millions of marks will be required to repair the damages by floods in the Rhenish provinces. An entire blook of buildings in the heart of London, occupied by three wholesale firms—Foster, Porter A Co., hosiery; Hylands, dry goods; and Silver A Flemming, bronzes, clocks, watches and fancy goods—was swept away by the fire, the flames raging for ten hours before the fire brigade could get them under control. , The houses burned out were among the largest in Ixmdon. The loss is estimated ■ ats 15,000,000... .The festival ot St George was observed by the Russian court with much’ceremony. At the banquet the Czar toasted (the health of Emperor William of Germany... .Though the principal sen;Kirts of ■ Germany, through their Chfember* of Commerce, have protested ugaiust-tiie emirugO'on American prtrk. still the Government is resolved to prohibit its importation ... AntbmWia will hereaftor reside in MteJslntul uPteylon. Sevf.rxl thousand members of the foreign ectauy at assembled; the other daybefore the cqpsyjates of the gyeat powers ami demonstmfefd ■ the ir impatience of the d4fw>.ty paying hMemnity for losses by thebf mVmjdment A thief'in a theater at Barcelona, Spain, raised a false alarm of firifc 9h« person was fettled and eighteen injured in jhe panic \y-mcn followed. ■