Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1869 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

FOREIGN* In Colombia, Central Aflpirlca, several villages have been destroyed, with all their inhabitants, by rcceht Volcanic crupr tions. v . A disastrous'inundation ha's recently occurred In the vicinity of Merida, Yucatan, causing heavy damago to property, and sevefallives were lost. ' A would-lic assassin of the Emperor was arrested at Compiegno, on The 7th. He was armed and confessed hit Intention. 11 . . Official ■ telegrams received on the 9Ui state that the Austrian troops had, after a severe fightj captwedwnd partially Imrned two towns. !u Dalmatia. , The official paper at Florence announced on the 9th, on the authority of his pO&U-Rasing \ector Kmaaqel of ItaJy ti iyJ)opc .grjtical, illness him' announced, was rjutj' of danger;, lJ ” -Tlie Central Fcniem XbMjesty Committee.at London, ip ordnr tho-rev- ’ enue of the Government, and obtain means for keeping up the agitation, ask Irishmen to abstain from tobacco until the prisoners are released. A correspondent of the London Daily Mm says that the passage of largo ships through the Suez Canal will be attended with risk. The granite pillars of the viaduct arc cracked, but not sufficient to prevent traffic. The English Government has ordered a man-of War to convey the remains of the late George Peabody to the United States. In the Spanish Cortes at Madrid, on (he 11th, Marshal Prim announced that Deputies Caimo and Sufior had been tried and convicted of treason, and condemned to death.

The funeral obsequiesof the late George Peabody were celebrated in Westminster Abbey, 6n tile 12th, which was crowded by peaplqali itcasid fn. mourqing. The soleniiiity of the octasfon wasqnWfiMiadiy felt by those present, many of whom shed tears I duKtig 3 ftieO ciiotal i saYii do, V it'ie [ British «4WrraWgt(6 NFJH9 flisp#t(*: mains of the deceased to America in the' ship Inconstant. DOMESTIC. Gold closed -in New York on the 12th at 126* s . Four inches of snow fell on the 7th at Covington, Va., and. G/eensboro, N. C. The fact has come to light at Washington that, a few weeks ago, when the prospects for. reangniiiaiv of thq Oqban insui-gehls edTS(L Tfibrnton% tary Fish, and protested, in the namo of his government, against the United States extending aid, either direct or indirect, to those who are attempting to throw off the Spanish yoke. Receipts of fractional currency for the week ending November 6, $1,289,300; slupments, $879,614; amount redeemed, $492,197. Secretary Routwell contradicts the report that he has sent an agent to Europe to effect a four per-cent. Government loan. He says European capitalists have offered to assume our entire national debt, but he prefers to do nothing in the business until action shall be taken by Congress. The Rochester, N. Y-, theatre was burned to the ground on the 6th. A New York dispatch of the 6th says; “The grand jury is stiH Investigating the gold conspiracy, but there ia no longer such an array of witnesses, in attendance as .at >fifßt. No inamtinents have as yet been presented, and it is feared the whole investigation may prove a farce.” Track laying on the Mobile * New Orlemis fiefemtwXHfiit Mobij# q$ tlie dth..-, M^iy,,citrs^is /1 witnessed the privateer Cuba, says lie was forced to put into Wilmington, tffi ffcbUntW Vk hini, anil claims that .the Cfiba was a legiti-mateman^f-wqr* It was thought in Waaliington, on the ,Bth, that Minister Low would not reoeive his instructions until alter the assembling of. C»sgress, that he may confer with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and obtain their views on tho affairs with China. Add it tonal counterfeit conjfoii; ;flvetwenties tqjned up.itt the Treasury Department o« the 9 th, They arc very; well, executed, afel it Is wRh difficulty that they caii'be discovered. It is the (opinion of Gen. Spinner that they were printed in sent here to be shoved pff Brom djii iix)le, lidiah : I ales thiMnbni (ban tie unkenness has prevailed lig Moutn, Chiet of the ras feared ifiorc troubles CGkedral Church at [y aeitroyaci ly fise.'on -6,000; insured for $lO,The New York Ilmen 6f the 10th says : “ the income returns ol last year shall have a thorough overhauling. To this end office* have been detailed to drt special duty, and are now at work in all %e.lcading cltieS'df the counlry.’’ * ’ - 1 A destmative ooaflagaattou at Chilli* cothe, Ilf., on the 10th, destroyed a floilt-miHi-e!e{at)»r‘ Loss aWit >n§u(4Wtoe,.ss7,WK). The inyi!BUgatfon.:a£, tko drawback frauds in the New T4A Custom House has' Yn the' that' tht GovetWcnt Im* been of ftJua SBOO,OOO to $ i Tt is claimed that' »Ms Blitelifrti (i; i Wlu< bkd /ciiargd «tG t lfiw drawback tdffi'Srtmp*/ rrsci-ive.l »-r cent'rtqlneTrafiTVv.ammifnng to sr»i, OOff ' In ihe,gtvwt pqu,ti ( rwgivu ot Northern ! New York, potatoes are rotting hi the

ground. It is stated that at least onequarter of the entire crop will be destroyed by the Hot ,■* - . v The New York Daily Non of the 11th says an important meeting of the leading merchants and importers of Now York was held oh the evening of the 10th, to discuss the subject of a return to Specie payments, an<l it- waq unanimously decided that the sooner greenbacks were received in payment for custom dues tho better. According to the New York Herald of the 11th, the recent unusual activity in naval mattecs, and certain Important orders to the commanders of war vessels, indicate that our Government is about to. take a decisive course on the Ciibnn question, and jin fhjrqr »f Cpljan The customs feCMptsWr-tHe wetSr ending/November 6 were $3,016,408. After tfhe conclusion of the ceremonies -on the occasion of tjie recent reunion of 'the Presbyterian Churches at Pittsbargb, thp following telegram was sent: “ To Rev. tfr. Buchanan, Olatgoitr: '* 1 The two etuat Presbyterian Cmwehos In Amerlcm thisrlny united ,-roet the Preshytertan Uluircfaesß)fi. (Iteat Britain and Ireland, and j>ray lUat they al.-u may be one, (Signed) “Geo. It. Stcabt, “ Jnn, Har.t, ■ W*. K. Dodsb.” The General Assembly of the United 'Presbyterian Churfch will nfoet at I’Ufiadelphia the third Thursday in May. The Churches are called upon the reunion by raising the' sum of $5,000,000 for mission purposes. PERSONAL* William A. Jones, of Aurora, 111, has been selected as President of the Indiana State Normal School, and has accepted. A special dispatch to thft N. Y? Hctald from the City of Mexico, via Havana, that the great change, of air have caused Mr. Seward to fall fll,‘ and, consequently, he is not expected to reach the capital until the latter pgrt of November. . Rear Adnrlrrtl Cliaries Stewart died at Bordentown, N. J., on the 6th.* He was, ’92 years of agq,,aiuL hail served seventyone years, having entered- the .nuvy as a Lieutenant, Olfthe Btb‘of March, T79* * n Senator Morton, of Indiana, while Mepping from a car at Pittsburgh, ou the 6th, slipped and fell, breaking his right thumb, tho bone protruding through the flesh. Ho also, injured Ills right hand and kned. He remained over one train, when he proceeded to Washington. H. Gaylord, Treasurer of the Avondale Relief Fund, acknowledges the receipt -of. $81,239.50 up to November 6; of which 10,723.80 had been paid to the widows and orphans, and the balance invested . The New York Times of the Bfh says: “The fund starred for the widow'of Gen. Rawlins foils for short of the $50,000 pro- , posed to -be -Wised,' knd thb sifi>k>HfitJc#Sa‘ have almost ceased.” It says: “It will be little credit to the Western States if the'fixample • early -shown- by* -the-uner* chants of New York is not quickly followed.”

- The President has appointed James IT. ’ Embry, of Kentucky, Minister to Ecuador, vice David A. Nunn, resigned. The number of the Cuban Junta in New York has been increased from five to' seven. Miguel Aldatna, one of the wealthiest of the Cubans in that city, has been elected President. The officers of the privateer Hornet have brought 1 to flrooklyh ih charge of United States Marslial Foote, of North Carolina, and turned over to Marshal Dalton, who held them In JIO,OOO each to answer before the United States Circvyt Court The resignation of Gen. Butterfield has been accepted, and Charles J. Folger, of New York, appointed to the vacancy. Josiah Littlepike, who murdered Thomas Brown and wit*,, two aged per-, sdhs,' at Hampton Mills, N. Hi, in May, 1808, was hanged at Concord On the Otli. He had miftlft&>fnl! ChnlhWibnii' Daniel Walsh, recently on ttia) in Chicago tor the murder of his wfte in that city, was found guilty by the jury, who included in their verdict the scjpynqe fhAt. he.be hang. The .evidence showed the murder to have been a long-premeditated and cold blooded crime. The venerable Maj. Gen. John E. Wool, of the United, States, Army, di£d at ’Tfqy, N. T., on the morning of tho 10th. .The funeral of Admiral Stewart at' Philadelphia, on the 10th, was an impost ing display. Tho prodcssion was a mile long. -Business was almost entirely acts pended. An adiour/icd meeting of the. General AssenflmCs' or tli£ Old afld’WeSr School Presbyterian CWuVdhfcs; which met In New York last May, convened in Pittsburgh on the 10th. It was reported in Dcs Moines, on the 11th, that Hr a. Clark, the motherof-three children irtuflduiVd at Edenville, Marshall county, lowa, after a restoration of her reason, had confessed the crime, stating that she did not know what slia. killed them with, nor wfiy ; Trat'Tcnew sne nau committed tho act. In the Presbyterian General Assembly* at Pittsburgh, op <Uo l)th, a baeirf pf Reunion was agreed upon and the meeting adjourned tine die. . ■ The soldiers’ monument at Fainuount Cemetery, at Newark, N. J., was dedicated, on the lllh. Some prominent Canadians ware at thg White House on the lllh, and called upon the president relative, to annexation; They Also paid a visit' to the Secretary of the Navy. • V, , Hgn. ltobert J." Walker diecl at hi#«wb; deuce in Washington on tHe nutrnißgnif 1 The bronze which surmounts the west, rn front, of.ltfie N»W Hurf»in Hi-or liail■oad Depot, ip New Yortf city, aad whigh I 3,iuieut%d so illustrate, the lifcand i Mti»» '»f Cornelius Vanderbilt, was, «uVbtM .>o the. | Oth in Ute> present* bl * t " . 9 . * ‘ * • -■ i • •

If! large crowd. Tho work U about one hundred and fifty feet in length, and tliirtyonofeqt Wgh jn the contre, and is very -costly. v/‘ : . i A resident of. Bqstog, who qeceptly.loft a respectable *,nd good prospects to engage in gold speculations, has been Heqj to the Insane Asylum. rj . Gqvetaior Pabner, of Illinois, has appoiu ted, John Jones, # wealthy ccilyred resgiept of CidciW’t.» notary public. t: Tlie Russian Minister,.at Washington telegraphed the 1 Coiisul at * Ban Frahcisco ,to have services in 4ha .Russian Chapel at that placc ou Thank#Biving Day., Secretary Robem* on tffiq I2th sent a .cable dispatch to, Admiral R#dford, com manding the Unitetl; Sfotos, J£«ropcau floot, direoting hiin tp detail one of the vessel, under Jiis oominand for the conv/sy of, the remains the iat# Grorgp Peajbody frqiq ,Londpn;tq thiscouptwr ~!r ~ ~ Hop-Amps Eqadpll died at )Vashiflg- ; jon pn tjie f2lh.. . 1,-. . ’ 7 poimcAL. 5 Madison iff Ijio • Ctjx says, - clarify ipjf'' Jpdfpoiuiepts' ■aoporiling to, Their Wisponsia Senate will staiuj '2O aenpibly, 61 Republicans, 39 Democrats The Republican majority on the Sfate Thejliqupr prohSiitioiifSts wiU be in a miuprity fa mjjfw. latur^.. Tjie’ iicews pjjrty’ ,wjll’ Wye fl ma ? , jority on {pint ballot. ' r , At tljoN.'.Yl ifiUntne office ;On the Democratic in the Stote estimated at J J9,500,' Tie Convention’, DHI ‘ passed tlie Tennessee, Senate on the 9th, tp fe ducc the number of members to fifty. The vote in New 1 Hampshire on the State'CbnStab'ili'ry acf'wks very Tglit, and restdtpff ifi tiff a&eaf prthe' ifieWdre by # heavy- majdHty. ' Ur ‘■' *fhe House ibf ReftfeseAfatives, on the 10th, rejifctecUlfie Sfehate, amendment,,tp; t|(c Convention bjJl reducing the piembers (o, 50. In the 11th, thfe- Seitiftfe : iifSißwl upoh 'hs amend* ! nrenta %o thp Convention bill, limiting ny-nibere to fifty, and the House adhered to its disagreement. A Conmiiftee "of Conference was appoints. A Detroit of the lltlr says tliat full returns from the late special election in the Seopnd. Judicial District, establishes the success- of the Dumoeratie candidate, Daniel Blackman, of Cassopolis, by about 400 fiiajfirity. - ' “ T ' The full rettirns of the election for members ofthe Illinois-Constitutional .Convention indicate that, politically, that bodywill stand 44 Republicans, 41 Democrats. The Committee of Conference appointed on the 11th by the Tennessee Legislature to settle the disagreement between tlie Senate and the House, on the Convex-'' tion bill, could not agree, aiuj-a new. com-, mittcc Was oxtered on the 12th..