Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1869 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

„ FOREIGN. The Hayes polar expedition has been heard from at Ivightnt, Greenland. All on board were well. A Paris telegram of the 28th says the alurming rumors recently set afloat concerning the Emperor's health were officially denied. A dispatch from Madrid on the 28th announces the death of Escalante. Polo, a leading Carllst, and his Secretary have been sentenced to death. Andrew White, an American, lias been released by the Cuban authorities, at the request of Consul Plumb. A London telegram ai;>he flflth ult. says “ the reports from Pairo of the Emperor’s health continue Xhrf Independence Beige asserts that the Emperor Napoleon is confined to his bed with a chronic malady, but Ifcat the present attack is not of an alarming character.” The Havana Diario of August 30, in its semi-monthly review of the situation in Cuba, regrets its inability tq. publish flattering notices regarding the suppression of the insurrection, but reiterates the statement that the Spaniards nfe completely in the ascendency in seven jurisdictions in the Eastern and Central departments. The London PM Mall Gazette of the 30th ult. reports that in one large village in Russia, seventeen hundred persons—racmbiuw of a new fanatical sect—burned themselves to death. , The American legation at Parfa contradict the report that a kid been discovered on board the* United States frigate Sabine. The ship laborers of Qttebee were on a strike on the 31st ult., and shipping trade was at a stand still. Havana journals of August 34 £ivc no credence to the reports that the United States Government has made propositions to Spaiu for the separation of Cuba from tlie mother country, and declare that if apy such proposals have been made they can have but one possible result—refusal. A London telegnyn of |he3lSt ult. says tlie prospects for a large harvest in tlie British ttjes. “ Nowhere in Europe has thartt4Mon »uch a falling off in the price of cereals as in England, and unless greater - epeouragemen t is given, it will l>ev found that the foreign Imports \£lll be smaller scale after the subsidence of the effects of the late rise."

Paris newspapers‘of the 31st ult. assert that Burlingame lias received a dispatch .from the Chinese Government, expressing its cordial recognition of the treaties he has concluded with America and different European States, run ~> a'-tyve. A grand fete was given at the Crystal Palace, London, on the night of tlie 30th ult., in honor of the Harvard and Oxford crews, by the London Rowing Club. Tlie Suez Canal is completed. The opening is expected on tne ITt.li of December. The Government oi'gaiiJVatSffndrul on tlie Ist say the reinforcements aliout to sail from S]>ain wiH-Ifci sufficient to extinguish the insurrection in Cuha. Count Valmuzcda has been appointed General-in-Chief of the Spanish forces In Cuba. Ratitieatipns of a convention for laying a telegraph cable between Prance and South America dm ve been exchanged. J off. .Davis writes a Montreal friend that lie will probably continue to reside in G rs at Britain the rest of his life. The Emperor Napoleon presided at tlie Council of tlie Ministry on the Ist. A London telegram of tlieflfd' says: “ Public opinion continues skeptical with reference Xo Napoleon's health. Tlie impression prevails that condition is concealed, and this likely to be weakened tilt the KniperorTiiliftaelf is seen driving in Paris."* 1 ’

A private letter from Madrid, received in Washington on the 2d, states that Gen. Sickles lutd offered the tutted States as a mediator between Spain anil Cuba. Tiie impresstoji among mnny Spanish statesmen was thatGuba would eventually pass from the possession of Spain. The Madrid journals of the ?d are de-spondent-about Cuba, and tfemaiul full official information .about State affairs in the island. ; The-Loudon fbe Mjanitradicts the story of American treaty, and sayyjg**Mlc (jfelay iu ratifying is owing to pHSßrKinfg%«*«ire I<s complete the negotiations with (die European powgrsv ' , The Empress Eugenie has returned to •Paris, having abandoned her Eastern, _ DOMESTIC. i The headq’uarfers of tfic Department of the Missouri will be worth to St. LouU tbe letter past of September. •a. .*-i ••»... , -» A Washlftgttm telegram' say* . three methods are now known- ,by which the lately diaeoveted #«#lmds of ripening the i Qpdd Combination Lock, can be defeated, and General SpinkeranbdunCflkttiht when ccrtAip changes' are made Ifi those now In use, ho wiU ImvoMHiriSßnMnT in tha locks by y htefr tHKublic tJßsure; is se* cured. ■< “ > j m.i>. * . J. Ross Browne, late Minister to China, contradicts the statement contained -in the IlonjsWong 'loTejrhdif, ft at'Chinese Govern filtmt ifftd K i |( ? the Burlingame treaty. lie jays its Reification is only deferred until tho return of the Euj» Treasurer at NetiXoilc has been fifrectrid to epHtjmiethe purchase of bonds and sale*bf gdld during Befitember to the same extent as in August. The miners of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company voted on the 81st to immediately resume work,

A Washington special says that at the Cabinet meeting held on tlie 31st, Secretary Fish read a telegram received from Mr. Burlingame, denying the report tliat tlie Chinese. Government had rejected the treaty with the United States. Two men died of hydrophobia in New York city on the 81st. One of them was bitten three months before. Tlie annual gathering of the American Spiritual Association took place in Buffalo on tlie 31st. About two hundred delegates were in attendance. A fire at Cape May on the Slst ult. destroyed about $200,000 worth of property, including the Postofflce, the United States Hotel, McMakin’s new Atlantic Hotel, McConn’s Hotel, American Row, and many intervening stores and cottages. On the night of the 30th ult. the Chicago, Burlington <& Quincy railroad freight house at Quincy, 111., waa destroyed by Are. Twenty loaded freight cars were also burned up.. Tlie loss was estimated at SIOO,OOO. The Kentucky State Sabbath School Convention met in Covington, Ky., on the 31st nit. It was largely attended. On the Ist Dexter trotted a mile in 2:2124. to a road wagon, at the Prospect Park grounds. lie was driven by Mr. Bonner himself. On the evening of the 31st ult. ice formed two inches thick on the telegraph wires at Mount Washington, and the thermometer fell to 28 degrees. A few flakes of snow fell in New York city on tlie Ist. There was a slight frost and thin ice on standing water throughout Dutchess county, N. Y., on the morning of the Ist. The following is the public debt statement as made on tlie Ist instant: Debt bearing Interest in coin.. $2,107,936,300 00 Debt bearing, interest In lmvfn (money 01,780,000 00 Debt bearing no Interest....:. 410,474,293 37 Debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity 4,048,486 64 Total debt, principal 0ut5tanding...52,587,839,080 01 Accrued Interest to date and coupons due not presented for payment 89,814,79080 Total debt, principal and Interest. ■ .$2,026,653,870 31 Amount in the Treasury: Coin $101,214,996 71 Currency 12,144,487 10 Sinking fund in U. S. Rein-interest bonds, and interest collected and accrued thereon 14,020,830 00 Other U. S. coin-inter-est bonds purchased, >. and accrued interest thcreOd 23,311,005 00 Amount of public debt less cash In sinking fond and purchased bonds in Treasury $2,475,002,501 57 Amount of public debt less cash, sinking fund and purchased bonds hi the Treasury on the Ist of August 2,481,566,736 29 Decrease of public debt during the past month $5,004,934 29

Decrease since March 4,1869 $49,500,758 51 Information received in New York city on the 3d leaves no doubt that tlie crop in Central Georgia lms been seriously injured by the drought, which lias caused rust. The propeller Boscohel, bound for Chicago, was totally destroyed by lire, on the morning of the 3d, three miles below St. Clair, on the Canada shore. She had ten passengers, all of whom were saved. The second engineer, George Ely, jumped overl)qard and was drowned, and it is sup pQsed that one of the firemen shared the same fate. An explosion occurred on a vessel at Norfolk, Vn., on the Ist, by which three men were killed and four or five others were dangerously wounded. Receipts from customs for week ending August 27 were $4,510,301. A Washington special of the 2d says the Secretary of Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs have co-operated with the Secretary of War, and measures will be taken to prevont ftiture Indian depredations. Orders have been issued transferring additional troops to Montana. Tlie sixtli annual meeting of the Central Conference of the German Methodist Episcopal Church convened in Newport, Ky., on the 2d, Bishop Ames presiding. The conference embraces West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.

PERSONAL. Choy Chew and Sing Man have returned to San Francisco. They express gratification at their receptions in Eastern cities. Pliny Jewell, lather of Gov. Jewell, died at Hartford, Conn., August 28th, aged 72. 1 George Peabody left White Sulphur Springs, Va., on the morning of the 30th ■pit. His cough was almost entirely re licved and healtli much improved. A San Francisco telegram of the 30th ult. says > J. Ross Browne denies that he denounced the Burlingame mission, and disavows all participation in the Charge against Burlingame of fraudulent credentials. President Grant arrived in Washington on the 31st ult. The Cincinnati ‘*commcrcial” excursionists, consisting of tliirty-one gentlemen and dgliteen ladies, started for San Francisco on the 31st ult. v C. P. Drake has been appointed Assessor for the Fifth District of Michigan, ,and R. J. C. Wood, Collector for the Ninth District of Indiana. General Sherman was at Bangor, Me. on the 31st ult Isaac Jenkinson, of Indiana, has been appointed United States Consul at Glasgow, Scotland, vice Major James Haggerty. H. W. Longfellow, the poet, and family arrived at New York from Europe, on the Ist. Alexander Mitchell, of Milwaukee, lias been: elected President of the Northwestern Railroad. Secretary Rawlins suffered a relapse on tiie night of the. 2d, and was insensible . for a period bf die hours, in consequence of asphyxia. His physicians became alarmed, and telegraphed Gen. Grant and the ScoreUjy'i relatives that ho could pot

live long. On tlie 3d Ills ease presented more favorable symptoms. President Grant arrived at Saratoga on the evening of the 2d. Senator Fessenden, of Maine, was in Portland dangerously ill, on the 3d, and it was feared he would not live through the night. The President on tlie 2d appointed J. Boyles Postmaster of Louisville Ky., over Speed, suspended. Walter Q. Gresluun has been appointed by the President, Judge of tlie United States Court for Indiana. POLITICAL. Gen. Canby has issued an order altering the time of paying the six months’ interest on the Virginia State debt, under the Stay law, to the 30tli of September. All executions already issued arc, stayed until that time. ~ f The Supreme Court of the State of Nevada has decided that the telegraph is a branch of commerce, and, therefore, under the controkof Congress, in the same manner as other kinds of commercial intercourse among the several States. The New York Democratic State Convention is called to meet at Syracuse on the 22d instant. In the Republican Convention of Wisconsin on the Ist the following nominations were made: For Governor, Gen. Lucius Fairchild ; Lieutenant. Governor, T. C. Pound; Secretary of State, E. A. Spencer; Treasurer, Henry Baetz. Attorney General Hoar lias given his opinion relative to affairs in Virginia, and transmitted the same to Gen. Canby for the latter’s information and guidance. The Attorney General holds that there is no authority of law for administering the test oath to the members elect of the Virginia Legislature. v The National Temperance Convention assembled in Chicago on the Ist A large delegation was present. Hon. James Black of Lancaster, Pa., was chosen President; J. A Spencer, of Ohio, Secretary; Hon. Gerritt Smith Treasurer. The Wisconsin Republican Convention on the 2d completed their nominations: For Attorney General, S. S. Barlow; State Prison Commissioner. Geo. F. Wheeler; School Superintendent, A. J. Craig. The Secretary of the State of Indiana has forwarded to Washington a certificate of the ratification by Indiana of tlie Fifteenth Amendment. The news from the California election on tlie 2d is to tlie effect that “ the Democratic local tickets throughout the State arc generally elected by decided majorities. The next Legislature will be emphatic against the Fifteenth Amendment. San Francisco returns a full Democratic Legislative delegation. The vote of the city was light. The count of straight tickets for Mayor, last night, gave MeCoppin, Democrat, nearly 1,400 majority; hut the count of scattered tickets, at 8 o’clock this evening, shows that Selby, Independent, is about 125 ahead, with a prospect of an increased majority.”