Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1869 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

FQREWJT. The insurgents In Cuba have obstructed the track and burned the bridge on the Cienfticgos'and V ilia Clara Railroad, thus cutting off all arnimunications between tie two places. ’ .1 A London telegram of the 30th lilt. 1 says the paper found in a bottle off the coast of Cornwall, reporting the loss of the,German emigrant ship Weser, proves, on examination; to be a hoax. Sir Richard Grosvenor, the Marquis of Westminster,, died pp the 31st ult., aged seventy-ibtfr. •-• ■ ■ A dispatch on tfye 2d states that the cities of Frankfort, Weisbaaen, and Mayence, Germany, > with, surrounding country in each case, were visited by shocks of earthquake during the night of the3lst ult . News has been received from Dr. Liv l intone dated Au£. .8, 1868, asking that supplies, nautical instruments and almanacs of 1809 and 1870 be sept him. Hi was in good health and was at Zanzibar. A Washington dispatch of the 3d says recent official dispatches represent that the Cubans were making verk BtCe progress. I The people wer* becoming dissatisfied with the delay and inactivity of tbd indargefit l ISHdarb. On tlite Other hand, the. (jJpaywh army was codsifflfttly receiving missions, and whk’ifreparing for a vigorous campaign. A Madrid telegram of the 4th states. O*t Admfriti u[i>{ Ordering his resignation as one of the Cabinet, arfffffW/VrdbftbW llmM‘ the whole Cabinet.wqujd- Priii, WJQgld form a new one’. The Cortes haid again adjourned. ; b The London papers in their obituary 1 iiJWfcjes PSbbody say he-syas our of the few whose private virtues are followed by publje fame. There was nothing hard or harrow about'his philanthropy. He' simply did whatever good came in Ma

DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New, York op the sth at ' ' All tfie officers of the privateer Cuba were discharged on the 30th by the Commissioner,"exnepfDavWl A. Telfair, D. D. Munroe, Nicholas Isling, R. H. Gibson,. N. D. Phillips, Lewis French and John Lynch, who were required to give bail, in *SOO each for their appearance before tlie United States District Court.'.'Y Ejrsrriir'.>3'.’ i ’v'. > The tobacco’crop in Virginia is reported as but two-thirds of a crop; the corn crop iaa failure, but the wheat crop is remarkably fine and abundant. Advices from the Stonewall on the 30th ult. state that the beat was stiU burning. Several more persons tiad b s qen picked up aHve. ' ' 1 i According to the report of the Commissioner of Pensions there Were i 87 t D63 pensionersjon the rolls June|3o,lß69, and the total amount paid out was 884.0*The Governor of Viiginia has desig nated- the 18th a day of giving-Sixty-five bf the dead bodies'ef victims of the ill-fated Mississippi river steamer Stonewall had been recovered up to the 2d instC ,-®i« colbeM and chambermaid were the only ones identified. The 18th taut, has boe* appointed as *. day of thanksgiving by the Governor bf low*.Th’i'Cincinnatißotfrd'of Education have adopted reaolijlw'ns prohibiting the reading of the Bible in public schools—ayes, tides,. 15.’ . - , The Commissioners of the Umqn. and Central Pacific Railroads have made tlieij ln' they state that both companies are doing a large amount of work the roads, and in a short time they Will compare favorably with any road in the country. ~ :.... ■ inches of snoW'XFMoosebead' Lake, Me., on the Ist; t&Tincites at Dan■gor. ■ "

The following of the public debt statement, as published on the letinst.: 3;..LM,:osiev«WaM Debt bearing inter- - ■ -n e«lncola . 4... - Interoat. ~ Debobrarlng Interttl.ttW.9oooo Intireet. MiM*>«o Debt on which Inter- > ; est has waned . . alnce matnrity.... .4/h»,WI>4 D^^.?°. ln : ' ;i ; Total debt, principal - U. and fntere.Lto date, including . coupons due, not " 6..<M9,«4,744> Ataennt tn the Trewnry! Coin.. ;-.........»1W,2M»T11 «« c«weaey>. j.L.ILi. 7,248,29524. HtaktoctnuriinnS. wUtateresttoud'i, and accrued interest thereon..... 18,266,90147 Other uTs. coin-inter- u ent bonds pur- I’?*? chaaed, and accruad ..1 ♦» I 94U il i. interest thereon.... 46,020,746 50 T0ta1.... .. ...6188,523,754 90 Debt, WaMA..2.«1,f31.it03» Debt, less Mount in the Treasury on the Ist nit 2,458,495,07$ 11 •assaßr. . Decrease of the debt since March 1, , ~ 1869 664,352,070 55 The consolWakton of she Hudson River and New York Central Railroads has finally been ratified. The new read to called the “NeW Ybrg Central A Hudson Hiver Railroad, and the capitaTktQpk ampimts to $41000,000., The officers arc: W fesHMrif W. 'VamforfteLvice Tourer, and Augustus Schell, Secretary. Nt 2d, fowr-J teen ptjaloil, tobacco and' cotton Were entirely consumed by fire, and a-Wdve'nkh Y’atlWl Va&fcrftourke Was burned s>4a»tk Jbe-dre is supposed to have originated from the locomotive. • . ■ • - . ■■ ■ . ■>• 4- V//' ■ < r

An injunction was served upon the Board of Education of Cincinnati on the 2d ( restraining them trom executing the resolutions adopted by theni excluding the Bible from the common'schools. At the National, Baptist Sunday School Convention at St. Louis, on the 2d, twen-ty-seycq States were represented. The total disbursements of the inept for Octobef aipeunt to *12j842,497 The interest paid on the public debt wa? *11,106,199 additional. The Commissioner of the General Lane) Offibe has' decided that public land, one* offered for sale, retains, the character of offered land, as to right of pre-emption, even though afterward withdrawn from the market; therefore; pre-emption settlers will be required to make prqof and payment witbin the twelve months prescribed by law.

The Governor of Missouri h*s appointed the j,Blh in?t> as a day of thanksgiving. .! Thetown of Cisco, on the Central Pa,cifia Railroad, was destroyed by .fire oh jthc Ist inst The railroad property was favod. The annual report pf Auditor sfaowa that 2,709 requisitions parsed through, lire oflteq during the year, fa--volving *78,901,949.(13, of which amouUt *62,803,741.24 were disbursements, and wertr rdfiindmeiU. «*’■• | f The bodies’wf HIM following persoas lostonitte Stonewall had been recognized Up to 4th: James A. Admns and Mike Kinney, stock dealers, of St. Louis; 8. (or Jerry CqnsJee), X F. Ams,; John Hanley, J. Conroy, Q. Cop-, royt James liowes, J. Kefiy.'M. 0, Loot, Garret .COlcinnp, Ptet?t'Ciinnht^h«|B-” I 'i4R the qlmv9 t .tke firstfwere .deck passcngiera; . The colored citizens of Maryland Celebrated ' the' anniversary of emancipation at Baltimore, oh the '4tb, with graft entfipaiasm.. The day passed, without any disturbances, and wound «p with a boll in the evening. From the annual report of the Second Comptroller of tfie Treasury, wd learn that the total expenditures of the War and Navy Departments toe the fiscal year ending June 30,1860, were*f10T,684,525.62. .Commissioner Deland has. suspended the collection pf tax on the pork-packers as manufacturers, until January 1, to give packets and dealers time to apply to Congress and get its opinion. Several arrests have been made in jffew York and Boston of members of ai£>otorious gang of' counterfeiters, WNo have been engaged in making .tobacco revenue stamps, and liad commenced engraving a plate of a 5 20 bond. A large amount of counterfeit stamps were seized, together With plates, prcsscs, and all necessary articles for such business,

The dwelling of Nathan. Dowry, in Harwich, Mass., was destroyed by fire on the evening of the Sdj and his Only children, two little girls, aged six and four years, perished. The parents were visiting a neighbor. The New York Sun of the sth says Bontwell is preparing to bring out a new loan at 4 per cent, interest, and his agent has sailed for Europe to negotiate with capitalists for a large part of it. A Washington telegram of the sth says’: '* The decline in the price of gold has brought up the subject among leading, finttnofal men of a return to specie payments, apd it is understood that Secretary Boutwell, among other, recommendations in hi» report, win urge that the time b£ fixed at an early day for resuming specif paymchts. In case Congress shaujd. adopt the proposition, the Secretary will adhere to it rigidly." ' the sth' i&ieived forty bqqke jffgold: wM a letter, say ; ing that the gold from which it was mode • belonged te the Government.

During the last fiscal year about 7,000,000 Acre* of public lands were entered under the Homestead and- other taw* yielding the ’Government between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000, ‘ . PERSVN/L. ,Jt. is stated that |su Commissioner of Indian Adairs will oppose the treaty system with-the fhtlians, and advocate a [dan similar t?o that used in* Canada. During tjie past year there has been a marked improvement in the Judiaas, fewer depredations have been committed, and more readiness manifested by them to engage itj agriculture. The Qecfotiyy of the Treasury .has! annnuamw that tiw witaaf gold and purchase 'of bonds Will’continue through the month of wittitnit change. Receipt* of fractional currency for the week ending October 30, $1,210,000 ments, $1,393,000; atnotint redeemed, •431,100General Butler was robbed of hi* money, overcoat and undercoat p#.'a sleeping oar between Washington- awl New York, oh the night of the 30th wit. He IdW about $706 In 'money, and $3,000 or $4,000 in checks and drafts. Got. Ciiamberlain, of Maine, has ap pointed Hbn. Lot Morrill UhitCd Spates Senator, tofillthe vacancy by the, death of Senator Fessenden. < The -PMdeati ifth appointed Franks 1 Springer Collector oLlhterrial «$ vemW Stephen M. Vtai, of New York, pas been appointed .Consul for Bavaria. ■ Th* centenary, ofAJnivemaWawss commemorated in New. York city, at Dr. ChapinMchtweh, on the evening of the 3d. Tt lS stAte# tn a Washington dispatch rd ttae th*) $0 Inyfeftlgstiori of the ebargv* ,Butterfield, jipifeef jStdto* Amistant Treasurer at New York, <wllbbe Made before his successor is appointed. i Minister Low had as interview with the President and Secretary Fish on the 3d, in which iffangepents were made for

»i ,< i ■ . 1 . i j ’; >:< jjtj —»! «r; jj > .7 F 1 » " r » the qompletiqp of lua instructions, and declaring the policy of tips government toward Chink'. 1 ’ ‘ 1 ' • ’ i Prof. Hall, the State Geologist of Nfew York, says that this Canlift' giant is a statue cut from gypsum, and is pi a high order ot sculpture. It has apparently been inhumed a long time, and its source or origin ft beyond conjecture. : George Poabodydied al bis residence in London, on the evening of the 4th, A Syracuse dispatch qf “The Cardiff sfone giant was, ibis afternoon, successfully raised from the place where ft was 1 discovered, arid x brought to Byiacuse. It was found as perfect en the back, on which it lay on Its clay bed, as on the surface first exposed to view.” POLITICAL. ‘ The judicial election of California re suits in the choice of eleven Democrats and three Republicans . j , J The United (States kmpreme.Cannaas> decided that a note given for property purchased in the South during the Wag, where the authority of thd Unite<f,ptatCß Government did noi extendi, gpd .wtyere Confederate curtency. was in circulatiop, may be paid in that currency. The Court, alsd ruled that contracts stipulating for pay inept 8 Ip, that curitedcV garded In thex)pa-case, orof doinefl|icißmi>?recUyn i.'Wm* wifi .n-.i.; j |< • The Official retttrttk ifrott aft-the eoun,tjes ip tqWa give Merrill, RephWifean feapdieftto for .Goverpoi,'fl'ipajftrity'hf tftHit' total yptg wms&,W; .» " Hayes’; official' majority, fer'Goyernor an‘ Ohio is 7,501. ; ' ; ' 1‘ ” z InWHariftln, FairihiM, the Remblican eandldrite for Goyerpdr, tn eledtld. The Republican State . (Joaunittee bflth mated Ms majority at about 8,000, with the Legislature of about the same complexion as last year. ’ The Tennessee Haufle of RepresAitetivesi on of topo.J tabled a resolution offered the dpy liefflfofor the election Of United 'States Senator ’on thd'groundfof Cooper's tneWgibifity. «. The Democrats carried the city of M<>bile at tliq recent' feftctltfn by a majority of 235. ‘f " . • ' " - The Citteena’ Reform ticket in Chicago, composed of both Democrats and Repub licaris, was choseri at the recent election by from 5,000 to 7,000 majority. I At the charter election in Detroit op the 2d, the Democratic Mayor and etty ticket were elected by -about 600 majority, the Democrats haves majority jp foeCqm- . mon Council ’ ' , ? Returns from the’ New York fifate election received on 'the 4th. indicate aDemocratic majority in the State atiarge Of from 10,000 to 12,000, a. Dembcr|tic majority in the Senate, and probably in the House. According to the election pew, from West Virginia, received on the 4 th, the.-lloirse will- stand -abetat 81 Republicans to 25Democrats; 'and the Schate 18 Republicans to 4 Democrats. , New Jersey gives a Democratic majority in the ; Legislature—l 3 Democrats to 8 Republicans in the Senate, and 34 Democrats and 20 Republicans in. the House. ■' 1 1 :u ' ! t , Governor Claflin ft re-elected Governor of Massachusetts by a plurality pf from 10,000 to 12JJQ0- ijofarasknovroon the 4tb, the Legislature standftmUL Republican, 4®'Democrats, and 10 Labor Reform. The Senate, 30 RepttbMcane.’frDembferate, and 1 Labor Reform 5 . Ttwtts estimated' that the Hoppe wptftd fltpndTS fot* jirbhibitton,andl«3forliiceulßfr!iJ .■ Returns Deceived ,fIP the sth from the Illinois election indicate khat the Republicans Will have a majority in the Gonstita> tlonaf Contention to meet at Springfield in December. ! ' As figured flt op the, 4th, the New York Asseihbty-stands 711. Democrats to OT RepuNfcans. The whole new State Copsfitrittoh, Including the Judiciary) cteuse. ft defeated. o>- ' • -t " • The news from,the, received at St. Paul QP Ute Sth, ft.td thp effect that so for the Republicans, had lost two'Bepafore -and nine Representatives. " Returns continue to leave A’.iWin, for Governor, behind his ticket,'bAt not enough to. prexwt his election by from 1,000 to 1,-Wp majority.” ~ A Madison dispatch or the sth states .that the Wisconsin Legislature,-will be composed as follows. Senate; Ift Reprto* llcans, 11 Democrats, 3 Independ jpWt wo of the latter Democrats and I ifepubUofln. House ; 56 Republicans, 30 Democrats, 5 Independento-fdnr of the l*tte» Riepub-’ 'mi?,- -to-.)

s.A Boston telegram of the 4th sfatestbp result of the late election, in *etta to be about as follows is regards the Legislature:.“There are'twenfy-two Seri-" ators, a majority? opposed 'to a taw and eighteen in-favor; tWm»tw<«Wn *fen> ators. favor' retaining the’ - Stade ‘’fllky, which was another issue in thelwkecthin. and t j , >»l The Albany Qf 25,000 majority In JNfif .fcn Nelson over fjiajei, and a heavier majbrity Ht ZleoctahnS eighteen* lifeOatWSwMdrirDldnev W'' threemeinbersotWiKA'stemJs»y.?»e NZ Y. fnWwrtfttie same date state* the A*, sefftbly at 75 Democrats, 5$ R ‘* ub '»’ and the Senate aiii Republicans n . < ” A'MAthc d»nc«< wa* lataiy.givcn at a private party in Far* Th* iralrutp® B * B were placed oh a platform, and there rt<. bUt thw overture to *• Wliham Teil'i Was heforrf- dtafiACUy toimue from - ttar pteW;, WnA Usurp, whichmadpuptbe The conceit took place in broad daylight. The explanation Was that each- oftM instoumeats Wat ooimeoted by a taw of wood with an Identical instrumant Xa.ap adjom- ' ing room, op wW<A |he performers played.