Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1868 — Telegraphic Summary. [ARTICLE]

Telegraphic Summary.

r' oummi *•»». —Tlio state treasury of Michigan haa a oa»h rr —Roy. Wiiuf uoaue-bas 'heeSr’Yfbosen Bishop of tUe Episcopal dioceao of Albany, N.Y. - 0V7.1v I —Furry boats have ceased running at Montreal, un<l the harbor a wintry aypeaa- — Orest suffering on account oftho scarcity of provisions is said to exist in thna-MUrn part of Cuba. • H Vr llankin, colored, has been appohited bafliff of the Uhited HlsJes .District Court now in session In Memphis? Ir. -Oon. drillt visited Harvard University on the 3d, andH«bsa<(tuwlV dinod with the Mayor and City Council of Boston. —Since November, XBGfLihesum pi W6,Wk> has-bocn received by the Treasury for' what la known as the conscience rand. —Of Uiu *201,476,000 of the legalized bonds Usui-d (luring the last Usual year, nearly *2,M10.000 were exchanged for Coupon bonda. —An effort is making to have tho public libraries in New York city opened on Sundays and holidays tor the brinedt of workingmen. —(Tbe lower lionso of the Alabinia. logislanre lias passed a bill repealing all lnws prohibiting the marriage of black and whites. —Gen. Grant arrived in Boston on the 2nd inst., and was shown the usual oourtesies by the city authorities end prominent citizens. - The frigate New Ironsides, whiclr was partially burned at League Wand. Homo two frihr* ago, lias lately beon ralsedTiv her purchasers. —The tannery of Neal Dow & Son, near tho western extremity of Congress slruot, Portland, was destroyed by fire Thursday night. Lossveijy. hekvy. Tlio municipal election of Augusta, Oa., passed off quietly on the 2d. Tlio people's, Sr democratic, ticket was ei acted by 136 majority. —lValtar Brown, champion oarsman, left ritftdiuag Tuesday noon to row a scull-bout to Cincinnati. 600 miles, in eight consecutive davs, from sunrise to sunset, on a wager of 51,000. —A firo Thursday morning at Irvington, N. J., destroyed Bolden Brothers' rule and skate factory. The lire is supposed t« have originated in the spontaneous combustion of cotton waste. Ilfsured for *13,000; about half loss. A man named Wynn."hailing from Tennessee, lias boon arrested in Jackson, Miss., for having in bis possession $3,000 Of counterfeit currency, in lifty-dollar interest bearing notes and tweuty-dollar autos un the Na» - tional Bank of Illinois. — Tiio amount of CP rrnnev-in. United Staten- - notes aud coupons dcsUoyed during the last fiscal vear was $1*7,000,000. An average of 3,500 pounds of legal tender and fractional ourrency.imtes are destroyed by maceration once iu every ton days. —lt is stated that Captain It. W. Moad, of the United Htutes navy, haa boon five weeks in a lunatic asylum because ho opposed tlio marriage of Iris daughter, and that ett'ortß are being made legally to obtain his release. -A few days ago iu the eastern part of Jefferson countv, Ky., a gang Of seven' rnf--tians violated the persona of two negro girls, sliot ilium dead, and then threw their bodies into a creek. Six of them have been arrested. -The first out of three billiard matches,for SIOO a side between Foley, of Chicago, and Frawley, of Cleveland, was played fri the latter citv, Wednesday night, the former winning tlio game iu the 92 inning. Score, 1,500 to 975.

—A niece of Gen. Sterling Price, a native Mississippian, has taken the stage in New Orleans, where she is playing in “Foul Play.” A gushing letter writer says, “her elocution would give a valuable lesson to Bronson, while her complete naturalness and grace disarm criticism.” Such a pearl of an actress ought to be without Price. —A special from Omaha, dated yesterday, says the Union Pacific completed their temporary railroad bridge across the Missouri river last evening. Up to 3 P. M. to-day over four hundred cars have crossed the bridge. The immense amount of freight lately accumulated is being forwarded west with despatch. Hereafter freight will go to the terminus without detention. —Barbara Frietche's historic flag still exists, and was carried by the officer who owns it, in the procession of the Boys in Blue, in Philadelphia, on the 2d of last October. It is a small silk flag, about 12 by 16 inches, which has retained its color well, and as the reader will readily believe, is highly prized and carefully kept by the Maryland Union officer who has it in possession. —The New England Christian Temperance Convention met in Boston on the 2d, and was largely attended. Speeches were made by Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, Ex-Gov. Buckingham, of Connectient [sic], and others. All the speakers were in favor of attempting a restoration of the prohibitory law in those states where it had been set aside, and the adoption of it in other states. —The Emperor of Austria has ordered that henceforth his title in treaties with foreign powers shall be “Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., andApostolic King of Hungary.” In the body of treaties his title will be abbreviated by the omission of all reference to Bohemia, and he will be spoken of as “His Majesty the Emperor and King,” or “His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty." The empire is in future to be called “The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy,” or “The Aus-tro-Hungarian State.” —The report of the Commission on the Union Pacific Railroad estimates that for the complete equipment of the line to Salt Lake, additional locomotives, cars, etc., and for stone structures, several million dollars may be required. It will be recollected that some months ago this railroad company voted to put $3,000,000 of its own first mortgage bonds in trust for this purpose. The Government now owes the company $4,400,000 for the road already completed. The company has expended $6,000,000 on grading, rails, and other supplies beyond the 940 miles already finished. =====