Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1869 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

FOREIGN. Lady Palmerston, widow of thp late Lord I’aJmerston, died op the JJth n Paris advices of the) 12th state titai Gen. , Sickles’ late note to the Spanish Government declares that though the United States had not yet recognized tho insurgents in Cuba as belligerents, yet if the situation in the island modified soon they will take steps to that efid. In the meantime it was reported that Spain would immediately {Uijpatch 24,000 troops to Cuba. jay - • There arfiSpimors frpin Paris that the Emperor Napoleon -brands to abdicate—probably in favor of his son. The Emperor has recovered from his illness, but it is liable to return—hence his reported determination to resign. A fearftil hurricane has swept over the north- part of France, causing much damage to crops and other property. A letter from Cuba, under date of September!, says that news of recent successes of the Cubans had given an- impetus and life to the patriots’ cause which would prove irresistible. The Spanish troops everywhere were demoralized. The writer honestly believed the revolution would succeed, and the independence of Cuba be attained. The writer states that all along the Egrtqntjppast of the island the people very verge' of starvation, and were by hundreds from disease superinduce by want. ‘The once beautiful and luxuriant island is now a barren waste, and, should the war .be prolonged six months, it will be almost uninhabitable. Rio Janeiro dates to the 28th of July state that according to the Paraguayan accounts a sharp engagement had occurred between them and the Brazilians, in which 60 of the former and 200 of the latter were killed. It is stated that Minister McMahon denies the charges against Lopez, and says he is intelligent, polished, courageous and conversant with European manners and diplomacy. At Konigsberg, PrilSsfA, during the festival in honor of the visit of the ’King of Prussia, the railings of the bridge, overcrowded with spectators, broke, and ntany were precipitated into the river. Twen-ty-four bodies were recovered. A subscription has been started in London for the Avondale mine sufferers.

Ex-Minister Washburne writes to London papers reciting the barbarities of Lopez, and says that there are but few foreigners now in Paraguay, and they only pchnitted to live because they are useful to the Dictator. If they succeed in escaping they will have to thank the fortunes of war only, and not the protection of their own governments. The General Synod of the Irish Church assembled in Dublin oh the 15th. A protest against the act of disestablishment was passed unanimously. - The Emperor Napofton presided at the Council of Ministers otttehe 15th. The official journals announce that his health is restored. Tlie European International Workingmen’s Congress convened at Basle, Switzerland, on the 14th. The attendance was large. A. O. Cameron, of Chicago, made a long speebh, and iavited the delegates to visit America in 1870. The Madrid Impartial of the 15th says that General Prim has sent a telegraphic dispatch: to the government doctaring tliat he will hesitate at no sacrifice-to subdue the insurrection in Cuba. ~ A dispatch from Madrid on the lOth says; “ The difficulties nfift the United States on account of Cnba are in a fair way of settlement.” "• The Paris Gfiulois states that the majority of the Prince Hnperial will be announced on his next birthday,, March 15. A National Tenants’ League has been organized in Ireland, which derhands a perpetuity in land tenures, the placing of rents on a fixed basis, and the abolition of distress for rent.

Admiral Hoff, lately in command, of the United States squadron in Cuban wafers, informs Secretary Robeson that the struggle in Cuba will be a protracted one, -unless some outside interference takes place. The Londbn Tintw of the 16th, speaking of Gen. Sickles’ to the Spanish Governmentffljlfc *tMwiN»ao doubtbut that the alternative offered Spain is abandonment.of the island, or American recognition of the insurgents.” It adds s “ The probabilities are that we are on'the eve of serious events. The struggle jvill be hopeless so for as Spain is concerned, but the Government Cannot resist the impulses of the people. J flatpe of Spanish pride is fast kindling, and the ment in striving to check it. will soon be

extinguished.” The sculling match between Walter Brown, the American, and Joseph Saddler, of England, will come off on October 7, on the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake. The Indian mail steamer Carnatic has been totally wreqlted in the Red Bea. Five passengers, nirie-of the crew, and fifteen nativea wero miiMng, and supposed to be drowned. wltoand a large amount of specie for London, were lost. . , * * 5 . DOMESTIC. New York detectives .have gained possession of the lithographic stone from which the counterfeit five-dollar greenbacks that have bean extensively eircuTatedtnthe Bonth and Southwest,'’have been struct. From this' stone alone at least |500,000 of spurious notes have been printed. The Avahdale- disaster leaves seventythree widows and nearly 300 children as objects of public charity. The incendiaries who *»t' fir# -trt the snow-sheds on the Central Pacific Kailroad,»aa» Uurßutuujil, a few weeks dpoe, bavs been arretted, «'

A Washington telegram of the 14th says:-.“Recent letters from Minister Motley express dissatisfaction at the policy which he is instructed to pursue in regard to the Alabama claims. He writes that the temper of the British Ministry is decidedly favorable toward reopening negotiations for a settlement of the question, and that if he was permitted to open up the subject again, the chances arc that a treaty coiild be agreed upon alike satisfoctory to both sides." The amount obtained by the robbers who recently broke into an American Merchants’ Union Express car, on the New York Central road, between Utica and Albany, amounts to SBOO,OOO. 4 The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company have given $20,000 for the relief of the Avondale sufferers. The company do not believe the fire in the mine was the work of incendiaries, but the result of the carelessness of a miner, who descended the shaft with a bundle of hay, which became ignited from the lamp [Carried in his hat. The pastor of the Avondale Welsh Baptist Church, who delivered the ftineral discourse over the suffocated miners, states that all but three of the male members of his church had perished in the mine. The Philadelphia contributions to the Avondale fund amounted to over $20,000 on the 14th, and were still increasing. The grand jury of Monroe County, Dlinois, have found indictments against McCoole, Gallagher and Allen, for violation of the statute law, in fighting a prize fight within that county, and have issued a warrant for their arrest.

The Evansville and Cairo packet Phantom exploded her boiler on the 15th, at the foot of Cumberland Island, a few miles above Paducah, Ky. George Nicholson, the first clerk, and three others were killed, two are missing, and eight wounded. The boat is a complete wreck, and was uninsured. A Washington telegram of the 15th states that the Administration at Washington has not, contrary to report, restricted Minister Motley in the reopening of negotiations for the settlement of the Alabama claims A telegram of the same date also says “ it is ascertained from a reliable source that General Sickles was not authorized to make any demand upon the Spanish Government. He was instructed merely to act discreetly, but with earnest ness, as mediator between that power and the Cubans, on the basis already published for the independence of the island.” The printers lately engaged in the Erie (Pa.) Republican office, and who were, leaders in the late “strike” there, have been arrested by a sheriff, at the suit o the proprietor of that paper, for damages caused his office during the said “strike,” amounting to $5,000 They will be tried next November, and are meantime released on bail.

The coroner’s jury in the Avondale mine disaster have returned the following verdict: “ That the said Palmer Steele, and others, came to their deaths in the Avondale mines; that the cause of their death was the exhaustion of atmospheric air, or a prevalence of sulphuric and carbonic acid gases in the said Avondale mine, caused by the burning of tho head house and breaker, at said mine, on the Sth day of September, thereby destroying the air courses leading from the mine through the shaft; that the fire originated from the furnace and entered the mine from the wooden bracket in the upcast air course, leading from the bottomfof the shaft to the headhouse.” Commissioner Delano has appointed a large number of assistant assessors, whose special duties will be to reassess incomes in the large cites, and the work will be commenced immediately. Cpstoms receipts for week ending September 11, $5,501,366. The freight depot of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad, at Cleveland, was entirely destroyed by fire on the 17th. The loss will probably amount to over SIOO,000. No insurance on building or contents.

PERSONAL. President Grant arrived in New York on the morning of the 10th. The Rawlins subscription fund in New York had reached $41,000 on the 11th. The Cuban Junta at New York, in appreciation of Secretary ,Rawlins’ strong sympathy for the Cuban cause, have presented Mrs. Rawlins with $20,000 in bonds of the embryo Republic, and a hearty letter of condolence. Ex-Senator Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, has been tendered the mission to China, but he declines the appointment. Secretary Cox has appointed a colored man on the examining corps of the Patent Office.

The “ Red Stocking ” Base-Ball Club of Cincinnati hkve started on an excursion to California. Ex-Secretary Sewatei will start from San Francisco for the city of Mexico on the flOth inst / . ...jw— —- The recent billiard match at New York for the championship of America and SI,OOO was won by Decry; he making 1,500 points to 1;228 by Foster. POLITICAL. The recount of Votes in the late election of Safi Francisco is completed. Large discrepancies were found. Selby, Hanna and Freeman were elected. Selby’s majority is 110. The' following are the names of the Republican candidates in Minnesota: For Governor, Horace Austin, of Nicollet County; for Lieutenant-Governor, Win. A Yale, of Winona; for Secretary of State, Hans Matteson, of Meeker; for Auditor of State, Charles McHrath, of Nicolet; for Treasurer, Emil Munch, of Pine; for Chief Justice of Supreme Court, C. G. Ripley, of Fillmore; for Attorney General, F. R. E. Connell, of Hennepin; Cferk' of Supreme Court, Sherwood Hough, <>f Hartley. \ * * -'V ' Charles Whittlesey, the defeated Wells candidate for Congress in the jpeundrla

(Ya.) District, has been appointed by General Canby Attorney General of Virginia, vice Bowdin, resigned. The official returns of the election for Delegate to Congress in Idaho, on the 10th of August, are as follows: T. B. Butler, Republican,2,2lß; J. K. Shafer, Democrat, 3,102; J. J. May, Independent Democrat, 64. Shafer’s majoftly, 820, Lieut. Gov. Johnson and sixteen Republican members of the Arkansas Legislature have called a State Convention to meet at Little Rock, on the 13th of October, for tiie purpose of forming a liberal Republican party on the basis of universal suffrage and universal amnesty. By the provisions of the new constitu tion of Virginia the stay law is abrogated, and the Legislature is prohibited from passing any law to stay the collection of debts. The Maryland Democratic State Convention to nominate a candidate for State Comptroller will meet at Baltimore, October 7. The Republican Convention will meet at the same place, October 13. General Sherman has ordered the election in Texas, which was originally fixed for the 30th of November, to be extended through four days, on the suggestion of General Reynolds that a fair election could not be held in one day.. The same extension, it is said, will be given in Missippi if required. Returns from the Maine election, received in Augusta on the 16th, “ from 831 cities and towns, give Chamberlain 41,671, Smith 30,708, and Hichborn 3,979. Hichborn’s vote will not exceed 4,500, and Chamberlain’s majority will be 7,500. The Senate stands 27 Republicans, 3 Democrats, and 1 doubtful The House will probably stand 126 Republicans, and 25 Democrats.” The Virginia State Central Conservative Committee have adopted a resolution advising against the election of United States Senator at the meeting of the Legislature on the sth of Optbber. The Governor of Oregon has appointed three delegates to the St. Louis National Capital Convention.