Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1885 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL.

Peruvian insurgents surprised the Government forces at camp, defeating them iu a battle which lasted five hours. Lieut. Col. Bustamente,. of the regulars, committed suicide during the engagement! The losses onribbth sides were heavy. It i 6 announced that Mr. Vanderbilt has secured control of the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad, and will incorporate" it into the West Shore Central system. Ten thousand English agricultural laborers will be settled in the Northwest Territories if: a suitable point of landcanbe obtained from the Dominion Govern- . ment.... The important announcement comes from Gorralitos, Mexico, that the Mormon colony which recently located there have discovered a silver bonanza in several old mines which they pumped out. The colony was located as an agricultural colony, and the colonists were selected with this view; but a few old miners among them took poorly to agriculture and bought five abandoned mines that were worked over a century ago. After clearing away the debris in the largest mme, and following the dip of the vein, they claim to haye uncovered an immense ledge of very rich ore. Following this vein they estimate nearly five millions of silver already in sight Word has been sent to Utah and a great influx of Mormon miners is anticipated. John H. Longnecker, of Bedford, Pa., was elected President of the National Association of ex-Prisoners of War, in session at Philadelphia. The next convention will meet at Buffalo. Aug. 20, 1886. ~ ;The British vessel Haddingtonshire, bound for Liverpool with a cargo of flour, has been wrecked on the Pacific ‘ coast, 7 forty miles from San Francisco, all on board, except one sailor and a cabin boy, being drowned. The ship and cargo are a total 1055.... A fire at Montreal damaged the Bell Telephone Works and the premises of the Bank Note Company to the extent of SBO,OOO.

There have been 110 deaths from smallpox in Montreal since the epidemic broke out in that city.... Gen. Middleton has recommended that a medal be' struck for the volunteers who took part in tho Northwestern campaign.... An application has been made to (be President of Mexico for the extradition of Aufdemorte, the absconding cashier of the New Orleans SubTreasury, who is under arrest at Monterey. ... .There were 189 failures in the United States reported t) JJradutrcet’s during the week, against 160 in the preceding week, and 176, 179, and 132 in the corresponding weeks of 1884,1883, and 1882, respectively. About 80 per cent, were those of small traders whose capital was less than $5,000. In the principal trades they were as follows; Grocers, 32; general liquors, 15; manufacturers, 15; hardware and implements, 10; books, stationery, etc., 9; tobacco and cigars, 8; hotels and restaurants, 8; shoes. 8; furniture, etc., 7; dry goods, 6; clothing, 5; drugs, 5; produce and provisions, 5; grain and millers, 4; hats, 4; markets, 4; millinery, 3; jewelry, 3; lumber, etc., 3; fancy goods, 3. The diplomatic relations between the United States and Chili have been somewhat strained ever since Mr. Blaine, as Secretary of State, formulated his “South American policy.” Upon the occasion of the recent visit of the South American Trade Commission to Chili it was openly snubbed by the President of that republic, and the prospective demand of the State Department for (he settlement of a claim held against it by a New York firm may, it is thought, lead to an open rupture between the two nations. Secretary Whitney's recent order for the immediate completion of the steel cruisers is believed to have some bearing upon this complication.... The clearing-housV exhibit shows for last week a great improvement both over (he previous week and the corresponding week one year ago.